Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers and brought down the US govt, dies at 92

FILE - Daniel Ellsberg speaks to reporters outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, Jan. 17 1973, as his co-defendant, Anthony Russo, center right, looks on. Ellsberg, the government analyst and whistleblower who leaked the “Pentagon Papers” in 1971, has died. He was 92. - AP

NEW YORK (AP): Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died. He was 92.

Daniel Ellsberg speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Dec. 16, 2010. Ellsberg, the government analyst and whistleblower who leaked the “Pentagon Papers” in 1971, has died. He was 92. - AP