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Daniel Ellsberg: The man who leaked 'Pentagon Papers,' dies at 92

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg speaks at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, April 27, 2015. [Reuters]

Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified Pentagon Papers, revealing U.S. government deception about the war and setting off a major freedom-of-the-press battle, died on Friday at the age of 92, his family said in a statement.

Ellsberg, who had been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer in February, died at his home in Kensington, California, the family said.

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