Tony Russo (whistleblower)
In the fall of 1969, Daniel Ellsberg and his friend and former colleague at the Rand Corp., Anthony J. Russo (Tony), began copying the 7,000 pages of top-secret documents. When Published they would be known as the Pentagon Papers. They would be charged with espionage, theft, and conspiracy. On May 11, 1973, a federal court judge dismissed all charges against them.