Daniel Ellsberg was one of history’s most consequential figures | Trevor Timm

May we all one day have as much courage - in life and in death - as Daniel Ellsberg

In All the President's Men, the classic film on the downfall of President Richard Nixon, the name Daniel Ellsberg" is not uttered once. And what a shame that is. Because for all the journalistic heroics of Woodward and Bernstein, it's possible that there was no one more responsible for the only resignation of a president in American history than Daniel Ellsberg.

Ellsberg, the legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower, passionate anti-nuclear activist and staunch press freedom advocate, passed away at the age of 92 on Friday. History should remember him as one of the 20th century's most consequential figures. But we should also be reminded that his own story is also so cinematic, it's almost hard to believe.