What was Daniel Ellsberg's impact on American history?

[Astronuc]

Daniel Ellsberg died from pancreatic cancer today. He is notable for his disclosure of the 'Pentagon Papers'.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/p...blower-daniel-ellsberg-dead-at-92/ar-AA1cEHIP

https://apnews.com/article/daniel-e...tagon-papers-12f57b417c372c1b8760a21d447cb502

Politico published some final words from Ellsberg 12 days ago.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/04/daniel-ellsberg-final-advice-00099639

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65932944

 

[Frabjous]

I fall into the “he betrayed his oath” camp.

 

[hutchphd]

I fall into the "Robert McNamara: evil genius or just plain evil ?" camp.

 

[BillTre]

I fall into the Pentagon betrayed the public camp.

 

[Bandersnatch]

I'm in the 'Who dis?' camp.

 

[Vanadium 50]

he betrayed his oath

Robert McNamar... just plain evil

Both can be true.

I was astonished that he was still alive.

 

[berkeman]

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[berkeman]

Sorry, because there are political views on this subject, we need to close this thread. It's important history that we need to learn from, but as soon as replies diverge into partisan politics, we need to close threads here at PF.