Q: Two prominent newspapers this week used their editorial pages to call for mercy for intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, with one arguing "he deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight."

The New York Times and The Guardian make the case for some sort of plea deal or clemency that would allow Snowden to return to the United States from Russia, where he was granted asylum.

Mercy or dropped charges have occurred in past cases of other high-profile whistle-blowers, such as Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst behind the leak of the Pentagon Papers. But in recent years, the United States has aggressively pursued those who leak government secrets.

Here's a look at how the cases of five prominent leakers -- including Snowden -- have played out:

Daniel Ellsberg

Ellsberg was the military analyst who leaked the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers in 1971.

The top-secret documents revealed that senior U.S. leaders, including three Presidents, knew the Vietnam War was an unwinnable, tragic quagmire. Further, they showed the government had lied to Congress and the public about the progress of the war.

Ellsberg surrendered to authorities and was charged as a spy.

During his trial, the court learned that President Richard Nixon's administration had embarked on a campaign to discredit Ellsberg, illegally wiretapping him and breaking into his psychiatrist's office. All charges against him were dropped. Since then, he has lived a relatively quiet life as a respected author and lecturer.

Chelsea Manning

U.S. Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who formerly went by the name Bradley, was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos to WikiLeaks, the online anti-secrecy group.

Answer the following questions:
1. who is Ellsberg?
2. what did the papers reveal?
3. when were the papers released?
4. what did Nixon do to him?
5. what did Nixon do to Ellsberg to discredit him?
6. did Ellsberg go to jail?
7. why not?
8. what happened to the charges?
9. where is Edward Snowden living now?
10. why?
11. who is calling for mercy for him?
A: 1. military analyst behind the leak of the Pentagon Papers
2. presidents knew that the Vietnam War was an unwinnable, tragic quagmire
3. 1971
4. unknown
5. wiretapped him and broke into his psychiatrist's office
6. no
7. Because the tactics used against him were illegal
8. they were dropped.
9. Russia
10. He was granted asylum there.
11. The New York Times and The Guardian

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Elvis Aron Presley, often called "the king of rock music", died on August 16th, 1977, at the age of forty-two. He left a great influence on popular music, and millions of fans. During his lifetime, Elvis sold more than four hundred million records. After Presley died, many of his records rose quickly. When Presley died, many _ journeyed to Memphis, Tennessee, Presley's home, to pay their last respects . While most of these fans knew a lot about the songs of Elvis, few of them knew the story of how Elvis had made his first recording. Elvis did not really want to become a recording star. His first record was for his mother. He paid four dollars to a small Memphis recording shop, and recorded two songs. The songs were "My Happiness" and "That's Where Your Heartaches Begin". Sam Philips, who owned the shop where Elvis made the record, liked Presley's songs. He said he would call him some day. About a year later, Philips did call and asked him to cut a record. This first record had "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on one side, and "That's All Right, Mama" on the other.

1. What is the nickname of Elvis?
2. Who owned the shop where he recorded his first record?
3. What did he think of Elvis's music?
4. Did he ever contact Elvis again?
5. When?
6. Why did he call him?
7. Did he record it?
8. What song was on the A side of that record?
9. Is Elvis still alive?
10. When did he die?
11. How old was he?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. the king of rock music
2. Sam Philips
3. liked
4. Yes
5. a year later
6. to cut a record
7. Yes
8. "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
9. No
10. August 16th, 1977
11. forty-two

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER VIII

And these two, as I have told you, Were the friends of Hiawatha, Chibiabos, the musician, And the very strong man, Kwasind.

--Hiawatha.

TORPENHOW was paging the last sheets of some manuscript, while the Nilghai, who had come for chess and remained to talk tactics, was reading through the first part, commenting scornfully the while.

'It's picturesque enough and it's sketchy,' said he; 'but as a serious consideration of affairs in Eastern Europe, it's not worth much.'

'It's off my hands at any rate.... Thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine slips altogether, aren't there? That should make between eleven and twelve pages of valuable misinformation. Heigho!' Torpenhow shuffled the writing together and hummed--

Young lambs to sell, young lambs to sell, If I'd as much money as I could tell, I never would cry, Young lambs to sell!

Dick entered, self-conscious and a little defiant, but in the best of tempers with all the world.

'Back at last?' said Torpenhow.

'More or less. What have you been doing?'

'Work. Dickie, you behave as though the Bank of England were behind you. Here's Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday gone and you haven't done a line. It's scandalous.'

'The notions come and go, my children--they come and go like our 'baccy,' he answered, filling his pipe. 'Moreover,' he stooped to thrust a spill into the grate, 'Apollo does not always stretch his---- Oh, confound your clumsy jests, Nilghai!'

'This is not the place to preach the theory of direct inspiration,' said the Nilghai, returning Torpenhow's large and workmanlike bellows to their nail on the wall. 'We believe in cobblers' wax. La!--where you sit down.'

1. What was to be sold?
2. Who was humming?
3. And what else at the time?
4. What?
5. Did Hiawatha have any friends?
6. How many?
7. Name one?
8. What does he do?
9. And the other?
10. Is he weak?
11. Who came in?
12. Was he in a good mood?
13. How many days had he not written anything?
14. Which days?
15. Who came to play a game?
16. What game?
17. What did they discuss?
18. How many sheets were of bad information?
19. What did he put in his pipe?
20. Where did the bellows go?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Young lambs.
2. Torpenhow
3. shuffled
4. The writing
5. Yes
6. Two
7. Chibiabos
8. A musician
9. Kwasind.
10. A very strong man
11. Dick
12. The best.
13. Three
14. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
15. The Nilghai.
16. Chess.
17. Tactics
18. Eleven to twelve.
19. 'baccy,'
20. To their nail on the wall