Daniel Ellsberg

Born: 1931-04-07

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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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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Known For

The Six Billion Dollar Man
Police Off Campus!
Hearts and Minds
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Risk
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
The Memory of Justice
Our Nixon
The Most Dangerous Man in America

Top Movie Credits

Hearts and Minds Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words Self (archive footage)
Risk Self