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The Pentagon Papers
A military analyst leaked 7,000 pages proving the government had been lying about Vietnam for decades — and the Supreme Court ruled the government couldn't stop the presses from printing it.
In 1971, military analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked a classified Pentagon study revealing the government had systematically misled the public about U.S. involvement in Vietnam for over two decades. The Nixon administration's attempt to block publication resulted in a landmark Supreme Court ruling affirming freedom of the press.
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Quick facts
- →The leaked study spanned roughly 7,000 pages covering U.S. decision-making in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.
- →Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the classified study himself, spent months secretly photocopying it before leaking it to the New York Times.
- →The Nixon administration sought a federal injunction to block further publication, resulting in the Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. United States.
- →The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the newspapers, affirming that the government's prior restraint on publication was unconstitutional.
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Richard Nixon (person)
37th U.S. President; resigned in 1974 rather than face near-certain impeachment.
→ made historic phone call during → Apollo 11✓documented
→ authorized activities of → Committee to Re-elect the President✓documented
→ ordered the same "Plumbers" unit that later carried out Watergate to investigate the leak of → Pentagon Papers✓documented
Pentagon Papers (document)
Classified 1971 leak revealing the U.S. government had systematically misled the public about Vietnam for over two decades.
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Daniel Ellsberg (person)
Military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, revealing the government had misled the public about Vietnam.
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