Quote by Daniel Ellsberg

It was a good 15 or 20 years before anyone at Rand would be in the same room with me. They didn't want the question raised, 'What's your relationship with Daniel Ellsberg?' And not one of them wrote me a letter because they didn't want a letter of theirs to show up in my trash - which the FBI had been going through.

It was a good 15 or 20 years before anyone at Rand would be

Summary

The quote highlights the isolation and paranoia experienced by Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst turned whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971. Ellsberg describes how his actions led to widespread distrust and estrangement from his colleagues at the Rand Corporation, who feared being associated with him and potentially subjected to FBI scrutiny. This explanation sheds light on the personal and professional consequences faced by Ellsberg as he challenged the government's secrecy surrounding the Vietnam War and highlights the price one can pay for exposing the truth.

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