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Aug 29, 2024 · Neil Sheehan, a New York Times reporter, obtained the classified Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg in 1971. Ellsberg, a former military analyst, had become disillusioned with the Vietnam War and decided to leak the documents. Sheehan spent months secretly reviewing and copying the papers.
Aug 15, 2024 · Daniel Ellsberg and the Leak Ellsberg’s Role and Motivation. Daniel Ellsberg, a former Marine Corps officer and RAND Corporation analyst, was one of the contributors to the Pentagon Papers. Over time, he became disillusioned with the U.S. government’s handling of the Vietnam War.
Aug 30, 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. Dubbed the Pentagon Papers, the document appeared to undercut publicly stated justification for the Vietnam War.
Aug 26, 2024 · Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92. By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Aug 27, 2024 · Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) is excited to welcome its Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy, Lauren Harper. Last year, FPF announced the creation of the Ellsberg Chair in honor of the legendary whistleblower and FPF co-founder, Daniel Ellsberg, who passed away in June 2023 .
6 days ago · NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died. He was 92.
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Aug 26, 2024 · Fifty years ago this spring, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, a seven-thousand-page top-secret history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The study revealed systematic lying to the American people by four U.S. Presidents, from Harry Truman to Lyndon Johnson.