Pentagon Papers leaker and anti-war activist Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92.
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Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst and anti-war activist who leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times in 1971, revealing systemic US government deception about the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 92. Ellsberg, considered “the patron saint of whistleblowers,” spent his life focused on peace and transparency, later co-founding the Freedom of the Press Foundation. His legacy includes further stoking the anti-war movement and contributing to a growing distrust of the federal government.
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