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He concentrated on nuclear strategy and the command and control of nuclear weapons.Įllsberg completed a PhD in economics from Harvard in 1962. RAND Corporation and PhD Įllsberg began working as a strategic analyst at the RAND Corporation for the summer of 1958 and then permanently in 1959.

Ellsberg returned to Harvard as a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows for two years. He served as a platoon leader and company commander in the 2nd Marine Division, and was discharged in 1957 as a first lieutenant. He studied at the University of Cambridge for a year on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, then returned to Harvard for graduate school. Įllsberg entered Harvard College on a scholarship, graduating summa cum laude with an A.B. His mother wanted him to be a concert pianist, but he stopped playing in July 1948, two years after both his mother and sister were killed when his father fell asleep at the wheel and crashed the family car into a bridge abutment. He grew up in Detroit and attended the Kingswood School in nearby Bloomfield Hills. His parents were Ashkenazi Jews who had converted to Christian Science, and he was raised as a Christian Scientist. Ellsberg was awarded the 2018 Olof Palme Prize for his "profound humanism and exceptional moral courage." Early life and career Įllsberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 7, 1931, the son of Harry and Adele (Charsky) Ellsberg. He is also known for having formulated an important example in decision theory, the Ellsberg paradox for his extensive studies on nuclear weapons and nuclear policy and for having voiced support for WikiLeaks, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden.

dismissed all charges against Ellsberg on May 11, 1973.Įllsberg was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006. Because of governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering, and the defense by Leonard Boudin and Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson, Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr.

On January 3, 1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspapers. While employed by the RAND Corporation, Ellsberg precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American political activist, and former United States military analyst.