Editing Daniel Ellsberg (section)

===Support for American whistleblowers===
Ellsberg said that in regard to former FBI translator turned whistleblower [[Sibel Edmonds]], what she has is  "far more explosive than the Pentagon Papers".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Friedman|first1=Brad|author-link=Brad Friedman|title=Sibel Edmonds: The Traitors Among Us|url=https://www.larryflynt.com/?p=693|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224061838/https://www.larryflynt.com/?p=693|archive-date=February 24, 2010|access-date=June 20, 2023|work=Hustler}}</ref> He also participated in the [[National Security Whistleblowers Coalition]] founded by Edmonds,<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Rose|first1=David|author-link=David Rose (journalist)|title=An Inconvenient Patriot|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/09/edmonds200509|access-date=March 20, 2023|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=October 1, 2005}}</ref> and in 2008, he condemned many U.S. media outlets for purportedly ignoring articles about Edmonds's allegations regarding [[nuclear proliferation]] published in ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Greenslade|first1=Roy|author-link=Roy Greenslade|title=US Journalists Ignore Sunday Times Scoop on FBI Nuclear Scandal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/jan/22/usjournalistsignoresundayt|access-date=March 20, 2023|work=The Guardian|date=January 22, 2008}}</ref>

On December 9, 2010, Ellsberg appeared on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' where he commented that the existence of [[WikiLeaks]] helps to build a better government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/368131/december-09-2010/international-manhunt-for-julian-assange---daniel-ellsberg|title=The Colbert Report|website=Comedy Central}}</ref>

On March 21, 2011, Ellsberg, along with 35 other demonstrators, was arrested during a demonstration outside the [[Marine Corps Base Quantico]], in protest of [[Chelsea Manning]]'s current detention at [[Marine Corps Brig, Quantico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/843636/arrests-at-wikileaks-marine-base-protest|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714183731/http://news.sky.com/story/843636/arrests-at-wikileaks-marine-base-protest|url-status=dead|title=Arrests At WikiLeaks Marine Base Protest|date=July 14, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2012|publisher=Sky News|access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

On June 10, 2013, Ellsberg published an editorial in ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper praising the actions of former [[Booz Allen Hamilton|Booz Allen]] worker [[Edward Snowden]] in revealing top-secret surveillance programs of the [[NSA]]. Ellsberg believed that the United States had fallen into an "abyss" of total tyranny, but said that because of Snowden's revelations, "I see the unexpected possibility of a way up and out of the abyss."<ref>{{cite news|author=Daniel Ellsberg |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/edward-snowden-united-stasi-america |title=Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America |work=The Guardian |access-date=June 10, 2013 |location=London |date=June 10, 2013}}</ref>

In June 2013, Ellsberg and numerous celebrities appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-93041.html|title=Celeb video: 'I am Bradley Manning'|website=[[Politico]]|date=June 19, 2013 }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/UFFkcCh-pCc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130619051931/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFkcCh-pCc&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFkcCh-pCc|title=I am Bradley Manning (full HD)|last=I am Bradley Manning|date=June 18, 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In June 2010, Ellsberg was interviewed regarding the parallels between his actions in releasing the ''Pentagon Papers'' and those of Manning, who was arrested by the U.S. military in Iraq after allegedly providing to [[WikiLeaks]] a classified video showing [[July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike|U.S. military helicopter gunships strafing and killing Iraqis]] alleged to be civilians. Ellsberg said that he fears for Manning and for Julian Assange, as he feared for himself after the initial publication of the ''Pentagon Papers''. WikiLeaks initially said it had not received the cables, but did plan to post the video of an [[Garani airstrike|attack that killed 86 to 145 Afghan civilians]] in the village of Garani. Ellsberg expressed hope that either Assange or President Obama would post the video, and expressed his strong support for Assange and Manning, whom he called "two new heroes of mine".<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/17/wikileaks_whistleblowers "With Rumored Manhunt for Wikileaks Founder and Arrest of Alleged Leaker of Video Showing Iraq Killings, Obama Admin Escalates Crackdown on Whistleblowers of Classified Information"] democracynow.org, June 17, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-15/wikileaks-founder-has-garani-massacre-video-according-to-new-email/ "WikiLeaks Founder to Release Massacre Video"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619124459/http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-15/wikileaks-founder-has-garani-massacre-video-according-to-new-email/ |date=June 19, 2010 }} http://www.thedailybeast.com, Philip Shenon, June 16, 2010</ref>

''[[Democracy Now!]]'' devoted a substantial portion of its July 4, 2013, program to "How the Pentagon Papers Came to be Published By the Beacon Press Told by Daniel Ellsberg & Others." Ellsberg said there are hundreds of public officials right now who know that the public is being lied to about Iran. If they follow orders, they may become complicit in starting an unnecessary war. If they are faithful to their oath to protect the [[Constitution of the United States]], they could prevent that war. Exposing official lies could however carry a heavy personal cost as they could be imprisoned for unlawful disclosure of classified information.<ref>{{Citation |last=Goodman |first=Amy |author-link=w:Amy Goodman |title=How the Pentagon Papers Came to be Published By the Beacon Press Told by Daniel Ellsberg & Others |publisher=Democracy Now! |date=July 4, 2013 |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2013/7/4/how_the_pentagon_papers_came_to |access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, Ellsberg co-founded the [[Freedom of the Press Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Recording offers rationale of WikiLeaks defendant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-advertiser-recording-offer/125308802/ |access-date=May 25, 2023 |work=[[Honolulu Star-Advertiser]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 13, 2013 |page=A11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="eff">{{cite web |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/12/eff-helps-freedom-press-foundation |title=EFF Helps Freedom of the Press Foundation |last=Cohn |first=Cindy |date=December 17, 2012 |publisher=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] |access-date=February 4, 2013}}</ref> In September 2015, Ellsberg and 27 members of the [[Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity]] steering group wrote a letter to the president challenging a recently published book that claimed to rebut the report of the [[United States Senate Intelligence Committee]] on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s use of torture.<ref name="AndyWorthington2015-09-15"/>{{Self-published inline|date=January 2023|certain=yes}}

In 2020, Ellsberg testified in defense of Assange during Assange's extradition hearings.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 16, 2020|title=Pentagon Papers leaker comes to the defense of Assange|url=https://apnews.com/article/julian-assange-daniel-ellsberg-archive-extradition-united-states-2fe79f6b7e3171b3865cdccc3ecce822|access-date=October 7, 2020|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> Ellsberg spoke out vociferously against the threats to press freedom from such whistleblower prosecution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.truthdig.com/articles/daniel-ellsberg-assanges-arrest-is-the-beginning-of-the-end/|title=Daniel Ellsberg: Assange's Arrest Is the Beginning of the End|last=Pireres|first=Sharmini|date=April 12, 2019|website=Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists|access-date=May 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://therealnews.com/stories/daniel-ellsberg-on-julian-assanges-espionage-charges|title=Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange's Espionage Charges|date=May 23, 2019|website=The Real News Network|language=en-US|access-date=May 24, 2019}}</ref>

In a December 2022 interview with [[BBC News]], Ellsberg said that he was given all of the Manning information before it came out in the press by Assange.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg was Wikileaks' secret back-up |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-63832899 |work=BBC News |access-date=December 7, 2022}}</ref>