 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waChikumi 17, 2010, Ellsberg akabvunzurudzwa pamusoro pekufananidza pakati pezviito zvake mukuburitsa Pentagon Mapepa uye izvo zve Private First Class Chelsea Manning, uyo akasungwa nemauto eU.S. muIraq mushure mekunge ataura kuti akapa WikiLeaks vhidhiyo yakavanzika inoratidza mauto eU.S. helicopter gunships achirova nekuuraya maIraqvanonzi vanhuwo zvavo, kusanganisira vatori venhau vaviri veReuters. Manning akataura kuti akapa WikiLeaks mavhidhiyo akavanzika ekuwedzera kuurawa kwevanhu vanonzi vanhuwo zvavo muAfghanistan, pamwe nemakombiyuta eU.S. State Department akavanzika anosvika 260 000. Ellsberg akati anotya nokuda kwaManning naJulian Assange, sezvaakatya nokuda kwake amene pashure pokutanga kubudiswa kwePentagon Papers. WikiLeaks yakatanga ichiti yakanga isina kugamuchira mashoko aya, asi yakaronga kubudisa vhidhiyo yekurwiswa kwakauraya vanhu 86 kusvika ku145 mumusha weGarani. Ellsberg akaratidza tariro yokuti kana Assange kana kuti President Obama aizoisa vhidhiyo yacho, uye akaratidza kutsigira kwake kwakasimba Assange naManning, vaakadana kuti magamba angu matsva maviri. 