the project. Daniel Ellsberg was recruited in 1967 to join in the creation of the pentagon papers, at the time he was returning from Vietnam and had the most hands on experience of anyone on the project . What the department of Defense didn't know was that many of Ellsberg's experiences in Vietnam had led him to believe that the United States should get out of the war .
             Daniel Ellsberg's growing anti-war sentiment continued as he worked on the papers, especially when he finally read the work in its entirety.
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