This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to protect.

—Daniel Ellsberg

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Daniel Ellsberg (April 7, 1931 – June 16, 2023) 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...

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