Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Ellsberg, PhD, (born April 7, 1931) is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Ellsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Pillar award · 2021
- Olof Palme Prize · 2018
- Right Livelihood Award · 2006
- Norwin S. Yoffie Career Achievement Award · 2004
- American Book Awards · 2003
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- Whistleblower Prize · 2003
- Gandhi Peace Award · 1976
- Dresden Prize
Filmography12 titles
Doomsday Chronicles
Ithaka
Hearts and Minds
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
The Colbert Report
The Dick Cavett Show
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Risk
American Experience
Our Nixon
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange