American whistleblower, political activist (1931–2023)
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg in 1972
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
(m. 1952; div. 1965)
Patricia Marx
(m. 1970)
Children
Robert
Mary
Michael
Military career
Service/branch
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
1954–1957
Rank
First lieutenant
Unit
2nd Marine Division
Website
www.ellsberg.net
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 would later be 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.
Ellsberg was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006. He was also known for having formulated an important example in decision theory, the Ellsberg paradox; for his extensive studies on nuclear weapons and nuclear policy; and for voicing support for WikiLeaks, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden. Ellsberg was awarded the 2018 Olof Palme Prize for his "profound humanism and exceptional moral courage".[1]
^"2018 – Daniel Ellsberg | Olof Palmes Minnesfond" (in Swedish). Retrieved January 9, 2019.
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the CIA. Lansdale during this time traveled to Vietnam with a young DanielEllsberg who would work in the U.S. Embassy there. From 1957 to 1963, Lansdale...
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