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March 2, 2023

Dan Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower & Longtime Activist, Announces Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
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Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has announced he's been
diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer, giving him an estimated
three to six months to live. It was 51 years ago that The New York Times
began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers leaked by Dan Ellsberg
- 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the Pentagon's secret
history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam since the 1940s. The leak exposed
years of government lies and would end up helping to end the War in
Vietnam and lead to a major victory for press freedom. Ellsberg reports
that since his cancer diagnosis, he's done several interviews and
webinars on topics including Ukraine, nuclear weapons and First
Amendment issues. Ellsberg wrote, "I work better under a deadline. It
turns out that I live better under a deadline!"


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