The Nation: Man with the Monkey Wrench

If I could find the proper forum, I would be willing to risk 20 years in jail. I must expose the duplicity of the Government.

DANIEL ELLSBERG, 40, one of the authors of the documents he has made public, is a nervous, intense and brilliant man. He is seen by his associates as possessing the mind of a Niels Bohr and the soul of a tortured Dostoevsky hero. As a former Pentagon colleague put it: "Dan would have been an excellent Jesuit in another time. He has a perfect...

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