The Nixon administration went to extraordinary lengths to silence and punish Ellsberg, including breaking into his psychiatrist’s office. The leak ultimately helped to take down President Nixon, turn public sentiment against the War in Vietnam and lead to a major victory for press freedom. The Times exposé was based on documents secretly photocopied by Ellsberg and Anthony Russo while they worked as Pentagon consultants at the RAND Corporation. In 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers - 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg, who turned 92 on April 7, may be the world’s most famous whistleblower. We spend the hour with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who recently announced that he has been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer with only months left to live.
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