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Daniel Ellsberg

Apr 07, 1931 - Jun 16, 2023 (92 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Daniel Ellsberg, PhD, (born April 7, 1931) is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006.

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Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories
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Hearts and Minds
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
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Risk
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Ithaka
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