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Daniel Ellsberg, former defense analyst who released top-secret Pentagon Papers, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the defense analyst whose unauthorized release of the top-secret Pentagon Papers triggered court battles over freedom of the press and led to calamity for the presidency of Richard M. Nixon, has died.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2023

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

The whistleblower inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to the downfall of his presidency.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

History-making whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has died at 92

Ellsberg's release of what were called the "Pentagon Papers" hastened the end of the Vietnam war, prompted a landmark Supreme Court ruling and contributed to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.

WEKU · Jun 16, 2023

Fact vs Fiction: White House Plumbers episode 1 — were they really called the Plumbers?

We look at what's fact and what's fiction in White House Plumbers episode 1, including how they got their name and how Howard left the CIA.

WhatToWatch · May 2, 2023

Nicholas Goldberg: Whistleblower or traitor? How to think about Jack Teixeira and the Pentagon leaks

The law is clear. If you mishandle, distribute or disclose classified information you can get in big trouble. In the worst cases, as with Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who has been accused of divulging top secret national security documents, you can be arrested, charged under the Espionage…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 24, 2023

From Ellsberg to Assange: Jack Teixeira joins list of alleged leakers

The subject matter may differ but the US government has been relentless in pursuing those accused of national security leaks

The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2023

‘A little kid trying to be important’: locals react to Pentagon leak suspect

A post-9/11 switch from ‘need-to-know’ to ‘need-to-share’ explains why a low-level guardsman had access to such sensitive material

The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2023

What Daniel Ellsberg has taught us

The establishment has tried to sanitize Ellsberg. But his lessons on the madness of war are even more relevant now

Salon · Apr 15, 2023

The latest saga of revealed U.S. secrets stirs memories of past legendary leaks

Call them whistleblowers or traitors, call their actions conscientious or unconscionable, the people who decide on their own to share classified material have often altered the course of events.

WEKU · Apr 15, 2023

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, says he has terminal cancer, months to live

The man who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War posted on Facebook Thursday that he has inoperable pancreatic cancer, which is one of the deadliest cancers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 3, 2023