On discovering the truth

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  • 19/06/2023

    On discovering the truth

    Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92 | US news | The Guardian

    ‘I’ve never regretted doing it’: Daniel Ellsberg on 50 years since leaking the Pentagon

    In March, Ellsberg announced that he had inoperable pancreatic cancer. Saying he had been given three to six months to live, he said he had chosen not to undergo chemotherapy and had been assured of hospice care.

    “I am not in any physical pain,” he wrote, adding: “My cardiologist has given me license to abandon my salt-free diet of the last six years. This has improved my life dramatically: the pleasure of eating my favourite foods!”

    On Friday, the family said Ellsberg “was not in pain” when he died. He spent his final months eating “hot chocolate, croissants, cake, poppyseed bagels and lox” and enjoying “several viewings of his all-time favourite [movie], Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, the family statement added.

    He was 92….