WikiLeaks and Whistleblowers

The whistleblowing case I chose to investigate is on a former military analyst Daniel Ellsberg.  Daniel Ellsberg leaked a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S government rationale during the Vietnam war.  Soon after this was leaked the New York Times, The Washington Post, and other American newspapers published the Pentagon Papers.  
My personal opinion on this certain whistleblowing case is that it was a big deal to leak something about war projects, however, I believe that Daniel Ellsberg was trying to protect his country by leaking this important secret.  The public needs to be aware of the government and their choices when it affects the worlds lives.  During a 1998 interview, Ellsberg said, “The public is lied to every day by the President, by his spokespeople, by his officers. If you can't handle the thought that the President lies to the public for all kinds of reasons, you couldn't stay in the government at that level.”  I truly think that Ellsberg had good intentions, and had the public in his mind.  
This topic can relate to the world of journalism because a lot of journalists write about the government and how they try and hide the truth from the public, I think a lot of journalists themselves would have leaked this information.  Journalists care about the truth and how lives are affected when it is hidden from them.   

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