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  1. 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.

  2. Jun 16, 2023 · Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who after experiencing a sobbing antiwar epiphany on a bathroom floor made the momentous decision in 1971 to disclose a secret history of American lies and...

  3. Jun 16, 2023 · The former US military analyst's 1971 Pentagon Papers leak led to him being dubbed "the most dangerous man in America". It led to a Supreme Court case as the Nixon administration tried to block...

  4. Jul 17, 2024 · Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst and researcher who, in 1971, leaked parts of a classified report that detailed the history of U.S. intervention in Indochina from World War II until 1968.

  5. Jun 16, 2023 · As a military analyst working on a Pentagon project in 1971, Ellsberg chose to release to the public an extensive, documentary record of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Known as the...

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  6. Jun 16, 2023 · Government whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg strengthened public opposition to the Vietnam War in 1971 when he leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times.

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  8. Jun 23, 2023 · Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst and activist known for leaking the secret history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers, died last week of pancreatic cancer. He was 92.

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