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Daniel Ellsberg
7 April 1931
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A U.S. Political analyst, Ellsberg had been a strong supporter of the war in Vietnam in the mid-60s. However, by 1972, he was so outraged by the American government's handling of the Vietnam War (that being the attempts by those in the White House to keep valuable information about the war from the public) that he stole classified documents called "The Pentagon Papers" and leaked the information to The New York Times. With that, of course, he had to go on the lam from the FBI and became a hero t... o the anti-war community. He was eventually caught and indicted but the charges were dismissed in 1973 after it was discovered that President Nixon had authorized White House aides to burglarize Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in an attempt to discredit him. In 2002, he published "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers."Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 135, pages 127-131. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.Read more Less
