Daniel Ellsberg
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Daniel Ellsberg (April 7, 1931 – June 16, 2023) was an author whose bibliography includes eleven works. Among his top publications are *Truth and Consequence*, *Supernerds*, *The Doomsday Machine*, *The day Lôc Tiên was pacified*, and *Entwaffnen durch verbreiten der Wahrheit*. Crossref lists five of his works. He maintained an official website and had 77,359 social media followers.
Ellsberg is associated with the quote, "We weren't on the wrong side. We are the wrong side." His name appears in 525 other encyclopedia articles. MusicBrainz identifies him as a person from Argentina. Last.fm data indicates he had 43 listeners and 284 playcounts.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1931-04-07 ) April 7, 1931, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- June 16, 2023 (2023-06-16) (aged 92), Kensington, California , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( AB , PhD) King's College, Cambridge
- Employer
- RAND Corporation
- Known for
- Pentagon Papers Ellsberg paradox
- Spouses
- Carol Cummings ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1965 ) Patricia Marx ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 )
- Children
- Robert Mary Michael
- Branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Service years
- 1954–1957
- Rank
- First lieutenant
- Unit
- 2nd Marine Division
- Website
- ellsberg .net
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Official website
Daniel Ellsberg's Website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Kensington
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Employer
- RAND Corporation
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Dresden Prize
- Field of work
- opinion journalism
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Military rank
- first lieutenant
- Official website
- www.ellsberg.net
- Image
- Daniel Ellsberg at 1972 press conference (cropped 3).jpg
- Significant event
- Pentagon Papers
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- Commons category
- Daniel Ellsberg
- date of birth
- 1931-04-07
- social media followers
- 77359
- date of death
- 2023-06-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- name in native language
- Daniel Ellsberg
- maintained by WikiProject
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Ellsberg (April 7, 1931 – June 16, 2023) 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.
In January 1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a maximum sentence of 115 years. Because of governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering (committed by the same people who were later involved in the Watergate scandal), and his defense by Leonard Boudin and Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson, Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. dismissed all charges against Ellsberg in May 1973.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daniel Ellsberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.