Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked Pentagon Papers on Vietnam War, Dies at 92
- His release of a top-secret report turned many against the war
- Henry Kissinger called him ‘the most dangerous man in America’
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Daniel Ellsberg, the onetime military analyst who carried out one of the most consequential media leaks in history when he revealed the US government’s duplicity during the Vietnam War, has died. He was 92.
He died Friday at his home in Kensington, California, and the cause was pancreatic cancer, according to the New York Times, which cited a statement from his wife and children.