Question

In a 1961 paper, this person developed a thought experiment about people preferring known over unknown risks when wagering on the colors (15[1])of balls drawn from two urns, (15[1])forming a (15[1])bias termed “ambiguity aversion.” (-5[1])This person was inspired by a speech given at Haverford College by pacifist activist Randy Kehler. Senator Mike Gravel supported this person by entering documents into the public record. In addition to their Watergate shenanigans, G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt broke into the office of this person’s (*) psychiatrist. Along with his friend Anthony Russo, this man was acquitted of charges filed under the Espionage Act after he photocopied documents revealing the truth of the Vietnam War. (10[1])For 10 points, name this whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Daniel Ellsberg
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anson BernsWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainColumbia B2115
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryColumbia B2715
Victor Pavaonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird2915
Anson BernsWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againnats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft33-5
Victor Pavaonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again11110
Michal GerasimiukUG Championship Players (and Mazin)meet the new weird, same as the old weird1230
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffOlmo (Bonus) BagelryUG Championship Players (and Mazin)13110
Walter ZhangUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry1310

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