Daniel Ellsberg, the activist and former military analyst whose leak of the Pentagon Papers in 1971 about the U.S. government’s policies in the Vietnam War shook the country and the Nixon administration, revealed via a friend on Wednesday that he has inoperable pancreatic cancer.
The decision by The Washington Post to publish the papers was the basis of Steven Spielberg’s 2017 film “The Post,” in which Matthew Rhys portrayed Ellsberg. Nixon’s White House Plumbers sought to discredit the former military analyst, whose leak of the Vietnam war report led to him being charged with espionage, charges that were dismissed in 1973. The release of the top secret 7,000-page report is credited with speeding the U.S.’s decision to end the unpopular war.
Laurel Krause of The Allison Center for Peace shared his message on Facebook: “I have difficult news to impart, the message began. “On February 17, without much warning, I was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer on the basis of a CT scan and an MRI… I’m sorry to report to you that my doctors have given me three to six months to live. Of course, they emphasize that everyone’s case is individual; it might be more, or less.”
Ellsberg, who is 91, added that he has decided not to undergo chemotherapy and is “not in any physical pain.”
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