A profile of Stanley Sheinbaum, who has shaped foreign policy with prime ministers, presidents, and kings. As co-director of the Vietnam Project at Michigan State University, he hired men to set up the police force of South Vietnam in the 1950s. He later spoke out against the Vietnam War and was the defense strategist for Daniel Ellsberg during the Pentagon Papers trial. When a coup in Greece landed his friend Andreas Papandreou in prison, Sheinbaum took great personal risks to save his life. As president of the Police Commission, Sheinbaum sparred with Chief Daryl Gates during the Los Angeles riots, ultimately forcing Gates to resign. Sheinbaum also persuaded Yasser Arafat to denounce terrorism against Israel and traveled to Damascus at the request of President Clinton to set up a summit with Syria. Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.