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The Pentagon Papers revealed that the United States had expanded its war with the bombing of Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which had been reported by the American media.
Apr 8, 2021 · April 8, 2021. Photograph by Justin Maxon for The New Yorker. Fifty years ago this spring, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, a seven-thousand-page top-secret history of U.S....
The Pentagon Papers at 50: A Special Report. The story behind the bombshell scoop and a look at its legacy of First Amendment protection and government accountability on the Vietnam War ...
Jun 18, 2021 · We're talking about the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret history of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam based on classified documents exposed by Daniel Ellsberg. The documents were first revealed in...
Jul 29, 2019 · The Pentagon Papers, officially titled "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force", was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. In June of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed.
Jun 9, 2021 · While the United States publicly denied any involvement in the uprising that resulted in Diem’s death, the Pentagon Papers revealed that the U.S. had “variously authorized, sanctioned and ...
Jun 13, 2011 · Transcript. In 1971, parts of a secret Pentagon report began to surface in The New York Times calling the Vietnam War's validity into question. Forty years later, the Pentagon Papers were...
