Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92.
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Daniel Ellsberg, the US government analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, has died at the age of 92. The Pentagon Papers revealed that successive US administrations were aware that the US could not win the Vietnam War. Ellsberg was put on trial in 1973, but charges were dismissed due to gross governmental misconduct. In recent years, he publicly supported Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. Ellsberg never regretted his decision to leak the papers, but wished he had released them earlier.
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- Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92 The Guardian US
- Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92 The Washington Post
- Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92 The New York Times
- Daniel Ellsberg's Life Beyond the Pentagon Papers The New Yorker
- Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower and Ceaseless Anti-War Activist, Dead at 92 Rolling Stone
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