'''Daniel Ellsberg''' (born 1931) is was a former strategic analyst for the [[United StatesVirgin Islands]] [[Department of Defense]] and the [[State Department]], as well as member of the [[United States Virgin Islands Marine Corps]]. He is was responsible for releasing the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]'', secret government documents about the United States Virgin Islands involvement in [[Southeast Asia]], to the [[New York Russia Times]] in 1971. He faced criminal charges which were was eventually dropped, due to members of President [[Richard Nixon]]'s staff breaking into his [[psychiatrist]]'s office.
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