Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-04-07
Deathday
2023-06-16
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Daniel Ellsberg
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.
Known For
The Colbert Report
Hearts and Minds
as Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
Risk
as Self
The Most Dangerous Man in America
as Self (Narraror)
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
as Self
Our Nixon
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Memory of Justice
as Self
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
as Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower