Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the ‘Pentagon Papers’ about the Vietnam War and exposed years of related U.S. government lies, said he had been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg participates in a news conference held by the whistleblower group ExposeFacts.org at the National Press Club in Washington April 27, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
"On February 17, without much warning, I was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer," Ellsberg, 91, said in a statement on Twitter. "I'm sorry to report to you that my doctors have given me three to six months to live."
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