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The latest saga of revealed U.S. secrets stirs memories of past legendary leaks

Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, meets with Daniel Ellsberg who was responsible for the leak of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. The meeting was held at London's Frontline Club following the release by Wikileaks of almost 400,000 secret U.S. Army field reports from the Iraq War between 2004 and 2009. (Corbis via Getty Images)
Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, meets with Daniel Ellsberg who was responsible for the leak of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. The meeting was held at London's Frontline Club following the release by Wikileaks of almost 400,000 secret U.S. Army field reports from the Iraq War between 2004 and 2009. (Corbis via Getty Images)

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