Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, a army analyst who after experiencing a sobbing anti-war epiphany on a toilet flooring made the momentous choice in 1971 to reveal a secret historical past of American lies and deceit in Vietnam, what got here to be referred to as the Pentagon Papers, died Friday at his house in Kensington, California, within the Bay Space. He was 92.

The trigger was pancreatic most cancers, his spouse and youngsters stated in an announcement.

In March, Ellsberg, in an e mail message to “Expensive buddies and supporters,” introduced that he had not too long ago been instructed he had inoperable pancreatic most cancers, and stated that his docs had given him an estimate of three to 6 months to reside.