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Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg was an American political activist, economist, and United States military analyst. While employed by the RAND Corporation, he 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, The Washington Post, and other newspapers.
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Born 7 April 1931 · Died 16 June 2023 · Q431085
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2026· 3 entries
The Nation: Daniel Ellsberg vs. “Ordinary Insanity”
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The New York Times: Daniel Ellsberg
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2024· 3 entries
Published video “Daniel Ellsberg vs. Bill Kristol: Debating the Iraq War, March 28, 2003”.
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The Nation: Daniel Ellsberg’s Moral Acuity Is More Necessary Than Ever
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Published video “"North Star" by Adey Bell - a musical tribute played to Daniel Ellsberg on his deathbed, May 2023”.
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2023· 10 entries
Published video “A Celebration of the Life of Daniel Ellsberg - The Family's Memorial Online - 10/22/23”.
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Published video “A Celebration of Daniel Ellsberg (Program Starts at 15:40)”.
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CounterPunch: Behind Daniel Ellsberg’s Whistleblowing was a Sense of Justice
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Los Angeles Times: Letters to the Editor: Daniel Ellsberg was called a traitor in 1973. He died a hero in 2023
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Yahoo: Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker and anti-war activist, dies at 92
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Yahoo: Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers, dies at 92
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Mercury News: Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92
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OPB: History-making whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has died at 92
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Died 2023-06-16.
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Democracy Now: Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg Dies at 92
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2022· 1 entry
“is a bad guy, very clearly. His aggression is murderous and as illegitimate as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Or the US invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq. Or Hitler”
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Pillar award (2021).
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During the Biden administration, The New York Times reported Ellsberg had released classified documents revealing the Pentagon in 1958 drew up plans to launch a nuclear attack on China amid tensions over the Taiwan Strai
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2020· 1 entry
Ellsberg testified in defense of Assange during Assange's extradition hearings
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Olof Palme Prize (2018).
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Ellsberg was critical of U
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2014· 1 entry
“lawyer, exasperated, said he”
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2013· 1 entry
Ellsberg published an editorial in The Guardian newspaper praising the actions of former Booz Allen worker Edward Snowden in revealing top-secret surveillance programs of the NSA
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2012· 1 entry
Ellsberg co-founded the Freedom of the Press Foundation
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2011· 2 entries
Ellsberg camped on the UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza as part of an effort to support the Occupy Cal movement
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Ellsberg, along with 35 other demonstrators, was arrested during a demonstration outside the Marine Corps Base Quantico, in protest of Chelsea Manning's current detention at Marine Corps Brig, Quantico
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2010· 1 entry
Ellsberg appeared on The Colbert Report where he commented that the existence of WikiLeaks helps to build a better government
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2008· 2 entries
In San Francisco's Unitarian Universalist church, Ellsberg observed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not have the authority to declare impeachment "off the table", as she had done with respect to George W
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Ellsberg told a journalist that his parents considered the family Jewish, "but not in religion
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2006· 3 entries
Was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "putting peace and truth first, at considerable personal risk, and dedicating his life to inspiring others to follow his example"
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Awarded Right Livelihood Award (2006).
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“s Magazine that he hoped someone would leak information about a potential U.S. invasion of Iran before the invasion happened, to stop the war. In a speech on March 30, 2008, in San Francisco”
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Norwin S. Yoffie Career Achievement Award (2004).
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By The Nation Institute and the Fertel Foundation
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded American Book Awards (2003).
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Awarded Whistleblower Prize (2003).
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1981· 1 entry
“every president from Truman to Reagan, with the possible exception of Ford, has felt compelled to consider or direct serious preparations for possible imminent U.S. initiation of tactical or strategic nuclear warfare”
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1978· 1 entry
Accepted the Gandhi Peace Award from Promoting Enduring Peace
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Gandhi Peace Award (1976).
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1973· 2 entries
After the government claimed it had lost records of wiretapping against Ellsberg
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During Ellsberg's trial, that the telephone calls of Morton Halperin, a member of the U
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1971· 4 entries
The burglary of Fielding's office – titled "Hunt/Liddy Special Project No
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Two days before a Supreme Court ruling saying that a federal judge had ruled incorrectly about the right of The New York Times to publish the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg publicly surrendered to the United States Attorney's
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When he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U
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Was as a nuclear war planner for United States presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon
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1970· 1 entry
Married Patricia Marx, daughter of toy maker Louis Marx
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1967· 1 entry
Contributed with 33 other analysts to a top-secret 47-volume study of classified documents on the conduct of the Vietnam War, commissioned by Defense Secretary McNamara and supervised by Leslie H
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1958· 1 entry
With a major, who commanded a squadron of 12 F-100 fighter-bombers at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
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1954· 1 entry
Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and earned a commission
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1952· 1 entry
To Carol Cummings, a graduate of Radcliffe (now Harvard College) whose father was a Marine Corps brigadier general
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1931· 2 entries
The son of Harry and Adele (Charsky) Ellsberg
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Born 1931-04-07.
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