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Pentagon Papers cite misgivings on Vietnam aid

Today is the 40th anniversary of The New York Times' first publication of parts of the Pentagon Papers, one of the highlights of journalism in the 20th century. Back then, it was all done on newsprint; now, the National Archives is releasing the entire Daniel Ellsberg, outside a federal courthouse in 1971, faced 12 felony [...]

40 Years After Leak, Weighing the Impact of the Pentagon Papers

AUSTIN, Texas — Four decades after the Pentagon Papers began appearing in The New York Times, triggering a constitutional crisis over freedom of the press, the once top-secret study of the Vietnam War is being released. Beaumontenterprise.com A former US Senator says unlike the secret Pentagon Papers detailing Washington 's involvement in the Vietnam War [...]