Ellsberg released Pentagon Papers of US government decision-mking/wrong-doing during the Vietnam War. Under the 1917 Espionage Act he was arrested and sentenced to 115 years in jail. He won the subsequent legal battle when it was discovered that the US Government had broken the law.
At the time, the then US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, said that Ellsberg was a traitor and should be jailed for life.
The Chicago-born economist is a supporter of Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.
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