Daniel Ellsberg
Sign in to saveAmerican whistleblower (1931–2023)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 7 Apr 1931
- Died
- 16 June 2023
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Truth and Consequence
- Supernerds
- The Doomsday Machine
- The day Lôc Tiên was pacified
- Entwaffnen durch verbreiten der Wahrheit
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43
- Total plays
- 284
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Recent publications · Crossref
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- Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
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Quotes
- “We weren't on the wrong side. We are the wrong side.”
- “The American public was lied to [about the Vietnam War] month by month by each of these five administrations [Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon]. It's a tribute to the American public that their leaders perceived that they had to be lied to. It's no tribute to us that it was so easy to fool the public.”
- “EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time.”
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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
- Official website
- www.ellsberg.net
- Image
- Daniel Ellsberg at 1972 press conference (cropped 3).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1931-04-07
- social media followers
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- date of death
- 2023-06-16
- name in native language
- Daniel Ellsberg
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Article
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.