Proper noun
Ellsberg (plural Ellsbergs)
A surname
If someone today had the Pentagon Papers, or the modern equivalent, would he still go to the press, as Daniel Ellsberg did nearly 40 years ago, and wait for the documents to be analyzed and published? Or would that person simply post them online immediately? Noam Cohen
Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the 70s. Barton Gellman
Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Watching this film in 2018 with The Post so fresh in the mind, however, is a particularly unique experience. Source: Internet
In 1971, whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg leaked US government files known as The Pentagon Papers, revealing that the invasion of Vietnam was based on systematic lying. Source: Internet
Kissinger began, Ellsberg recalls, by saying, "I'm afraid Rogers's policy is going to explode." Source: Internet
Snowden is every bit the "whistleblower" that Ellsberg was -- and perhaps moreso, seeing as he did what he did (unlike Ellsberg) that he needed to leave his home country to do so, and that he might never return. Source: Internet