Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg, American political activist and former U.S. military analyst, died Friday, June 16, 2023, at home in Kensington, California. He was 92. Ellsberg gained prominence for his involvement in the release of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of U.S. government decision-making during...

The story is as old as journalism: the tension between a public servant’s urge to do the right thing while breaking the law, spilling secrets in the process and paying a price when it gets published. Reality Winner, a private defense contractor with security clearance, sits in jail today...