While Ellsberg is widely regarded as a hero, it's important to remember that the only reason he escape prison is because the government mishandled his case, whi

While Ellsberg is widely regarded as a hero, it's important to remember that the only reason he escape prison is because the government mishandled his case, which led the judge to throw it out. That other whistleblowers have been demonized while he is (rightly) venerated shows there's still a lot of bias and propaganda surrounding how we view whistleblowers.