Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an activist and former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006. He is also known for popularising part of decision theory, the Ellsberg paradox (postulated before by John Maynard Keynes in 1921).
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 135, pages 127-131. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
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Stole classified documents from the Pentagon concerning the Vietnam War, and leaked the information to The New York Times. Eventually caught after fleeing authorities, he was indicted, but the charges were dismissed in 1973 after it was discovered that Richard Nixon had authorized the break-in of Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in an attempt to discredit Ellsberg. Leonard Weinglass was a member of Ellsberg's defense team.
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P.O.V.
2010
TV Series documentary original book - 1 episode
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Citizenfour
2014
Documentary thanks
The Program
2012
Documentary short thanks
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
2009
Documentary special thanks
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
1992
Documentary acknowledgment
Self
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Citizen Rocky
2016
Documentary post-production
Himself
Risk
2016/I
Documentary
Himself
Paying the Price for Peace
2016
Documentary
Himself
PoliticKING with Larry King
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Young Turks
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
2013
Documentary
Himself - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Project Censored the Movie
2013
Documentary short
Himself - Activist
Democracy Now!
2010-2013
TV Series
Himself
The Program
2012
Documentary short
Himself
Shadows of Liberty
2012
Documentary
Himself
Ethos
2011/I
Documentary
Himself - Former US Military Analyst
Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero? Inside the World of Wikileaks
2011
Documentary
Himself - Whistleblower
The Colbert Report
2006-2010
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
P.O.V.
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself / Narrator
Doc Talk
2010
TV Series
Himself
The University of Nuclear Bombs
2010
Documentary
Himself
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
2009
Documentary
Himself
A Soldier's Peace
2008
Documentary
Himself
Kill the Messenger
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Axis of Evil: Perforated Praeter Naturam
2004
Documentary
Himself
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
2004
Documentary
Himself
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
TV Series
Himself
The Vietnam War: A Descent Into Hell
1999
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
1996
Documentary
Himself - Subscribed as freshman at Harvard
American Experience
1991
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Ten Thousand Day War
1980
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Doomsday Chronicles
1979
Documentary
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1974-1979
TV Series
Himself - Activist / Himself - Ex-Military Analyst
Hearts and Minds
1974
Documentary
Himself (former aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.) (uncredited)
Meet the Press
1973
TV Series
Himself
Weekend World
1973
TV Series
Himself
The Dick Cavett Show
1971
TV Series
Himself - Dr. Ellsberg
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Chelsea
2017
Documentary post-production
The Seventies
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - United States Military Analyst / Himself
Democracy Now!
2013
TV Series
Himself
Our Nixon
2013
Documentary
Himself
Terms and Conditions May Apply
2013
Documentary
Himself - Whistleblower, The Pentagon Papers
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories
2011-2012
TV Series
Himself - Famed whistleblower / Himself - Viet Nam Era Whistleblower
Frontline
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
2009
Documentary
Himself, former U.S. military analyst
70's Fever
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
2004
Documentary
Himself
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Pentagon Papers
2003
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Cronkite Remembers
1997
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Nixon
1995
Himself - Discussing Prison Sentence (uncredited)
The Rock 'n' Roll Years
1986
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013) as Himself - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
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