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      'You'll Be Hearing From Me as Long as I'm Here,' Daniel Ellsberg Vows After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis

      "I work better under a deadline. It turns out that I live better under a deadline," the Pentagon Papers whistleblower quipped.

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 02, 2023

      Daniel Ellsberg, whose leaking of the Pentagon Papers and decades of anti-war activity have inspired generations of whistleblowers and activists, said Wednesday that he has terminal cancer, but that there's "tons more" movement work for him to do before he's gone.

      The former nuclear war planner-turned-disarmament campaigner, who is 91 years old, notified friends and supporters in an email Wednesday morning that he had "difficult news to impart":

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      Daniel Ellsberg

      Living on a Deadline in the Nuclear Age. Some Personal News

      My wish for you, my friends, is that at the end of your days you will feel as much joy and gratitude as I do now.

      Daniel Ellsberg
      Mar 02, 2023

      Dear friends and supporters,

      I have difficult news to impart. On February 17, without much warning, I was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer on the basis of a CT scan and an MRI. (As is usual with pancreatic cancer--which has no early symptoms--it was found while looking for something else, relatively minor). I'm sorry to report to you that my doctors have given me three to six months to live. Of course, they emphasize that everyone's case is individual; it might be more, or less.

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      Daniel Ellsberg

      Revealing He Too Had Manning Leaks, Ellsberg Dares DOJ to Prosecute Him Like Assange

      "Let's take this to the Supreme Court," says the Pentagon Papers whistleblower, taking aim at what he argues is an unconstitutional use of the Espionage Act.

      Jessica Corbett
      Dec 07, 2022

      Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Tuesday dared U.S. prosecutors to come after him like they have Julian Assange by revealing in a BBC News interview that the WikiLeaks publisher sent him a backup of leaked materials from former military analyst Chelsea Manning.

      "Let me tell you a secret. I had possession of all the Chelsea Manning information before it came out in the press," Ellsberg said to BBC's Stephen Sackur in the on-camera interview. "I've never said that publicly."

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