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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.

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. Ellsberg, whose actions led to a landmark First Amendment ruling by the Supreme Court, had disclosed in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. Until the early 1970s, when he disclosed that he was the source for the stu

Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died.

Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died.

Daniel Ellsberg, the US military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified "Pentagon Papers," revealing US government deception about the war and setting off a major freedom-of-the-press battle, died on Friday at the age of 92, his family said in a statement.

Ellsberg later was a prominent free speech and anti-Iraq war activist, and a champion of such future whistleblowers as Edward Snowden.

Ellsberg later was a prominent free speech and anti-Iraq war activist, and a champion of such future whistleblowers as Edward Snowden.

Ellsberg later was a prominent free speech and anti-Iraq war activist, and a champion of such future whistleblowers as Edward Snowden.

Daniel Ellsberg, the government analyst and whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died at 92. Ellsberg had announced in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic

Ellsberg later was a prominent free speech and anti-Iraq war activist, and a champion of such future whistleblowers as Edward Snowden.