Tag: Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Source, Had Uneasy Relationship With The Times

Mr. Ellsberg took issue with how the newspaper portrayed his role, and how he was treated by the project’s primary reporter.

How Daniel Ellsberg Tried to Get Prosecuted Near His Life’s End

When Daniel Ellsberg was 42, a judge threw out Espionage Act charges against him. At 90, he sought such charges again in hope of challenging their constitutionality.

Nuclear Secrets, a Compost Heap and the Lost Documents Daniel Ellsberg Never Leaked

At the end of his life, the man behind the Pentagon Papers has a warning for us all.

Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92

Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.