I’ve known Daniel Ellsberg for only five minutes, but, curious, I unwind it from my neck and give it over. One-handed, with a flick of his wrist, the famous Pentagon Papers whistleblower produces an elegant knot. Almost five decades after the first Pentagon Papers story was published in 1971, revealing the secret history of the Vietnam War, the 85-year-old Ellsberg still isn’t done making trouble. An admirer of two other major leakers, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, Ellsberg wants more. “The Pentagon Papers didn’t shorten the war by a day,” he said.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2017 21:00 UTC