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Daniel Ellsberg

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Born April 7, 1931 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died June 16, 2023

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Biography

Daniel Ellsberg was an American military analyst, whistleblower, and anti-war activist. While employed by the RAND Corporation, he precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers – a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making regarding the Vietnam War – to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other newspapers.

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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

Filmography15 titles

Doomsday Chronicles

1979as Self

Ithaka

2021as Self (archive footage)

Kissinger

2025as Self (archival footage)

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024as Self - Anti-Nuclear Activist & Whistleblower

Hearts and Minds

1974as Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

2009as Self (Narraror)

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2014as Self (archive footage)

The Colbert Report

2005as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Risk

2016as Self

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

2004as Self

American Experience

1988as Self

Our Nixon

2013as Self

The Trust Fall: Julian Assange

2024as Self

The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream

2026as (archive footage)