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- Who was the former Defense Department employee who exposed the
Pentagon Papers?

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Answer: Daniel Ellsberg

Explanation: American economist, political activist, and former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War

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