 Daniel EllsbergSelf (Narraror) | Self (Narraror) |
| PPatricia EllsbergSelf | Self |
| JJohn DeanSelf - White House Counsel to President Nixon | Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon |
 Howard ZinnSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
| PPeter ArnettSelf - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage) | Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage) |
| BBen BagdikianSelf - Editor, Washington Post | Self - Editor, Washington Post |
| AAnn BeesonSelf - Associate Legal Director, ACLU | Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU |
| RRobert EllsbergSelf - Daniel's Son | Self - Daniel's Son |
| RRichard FalkSelf - Professor of International Law | Self - Professor of International Law |
| MMax FrankelSelf - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times | Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times |
| JJ. William FulbrightSelf - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage) | Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage) |
| JJames GoodaleSelf - General Counsel, New York Times | Self - General Counsel, New York Times |
| MMike GravelSelf - Senator (D-Alaska) | Self - Senator (D-Alaska) |
| MMorton HalperinSelf - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin) | Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin) |
 Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) | Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) |
| RRandy KehlerSelf - Draft Resister | Self - Draft Resister |
| BBud KroghSelf - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh) | Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh) |
| PPete McCloskeySelf - Representative, California | Self - Representative, California |
 Robert McNamaraSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| WWayne MorseSelf - Senator, Oregon (archive footage) | Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage) |
 Richard NixonSelf - President (archive footage) | Self - President (archive footage) |
| TThomas OliphantSelf - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant) | Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant) |
 Dan RatherSelf - Reporter (archive footage) | Self - Reporter (archive footage) |
| TTony RussoSelf - RAND Analyst | Self - RAND Analyst |
| TThomas SchellingSelf - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate | Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate |
| HHedrick SmithSelf - Reporter, New York Times | Self - Reporter, New York Times |
| JJanaki TschannerlSelf - Peace Activist | Self - Peace Activist |
 Leonard WeinglassSelf - Russo Defense Attorney | Self - Russo Defense Attorney |
