pentagon papers

     

The Pentagon Papers is the popular name for a 7,000-page top-secret Unite States government report about the history of the Government's internal planning and policy concerning the Vietnam War. The documents became famous when State Department officer Daniel Ellsberg gave them to the The New York Times to publish in early 1971.

Trivia about pentagon papers

  • It's the shorter, better-known name of the document "United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967"
  • In 1972 The Times won for meritorious public service for publishing these documents leaked by Daniel Ellsberg

Tweets about pentagon papers

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  • Seeing Daniel Ellsberg, leaker of the Pentagon Papers, speak tonight was super inspiring and super scary.
  • Listened to a Wayne Morse series panel w/ Daniel Ellsberg, famous for his courageous releasing of the Pentagon Papers
  • "A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority..." - Judge Gurfein re. Pentagon Papers
  • @politico I love how @ggreenwald has "peaked" less than a year after the most explosive government scoop since the Pentagon Papers.
  • @thepacketrat I never read the pentagon papers
  • RT @peterkrupa: Here's something depressing: Snowden leaks started over a year ago. Most important leaks since Pentagon papers. And nothing…
  • RT @ReporterWayne: @TooMuchMe @writerly_dee Think Pentagon Papers Progressive Printing the stories about H-Bombs our Police State love to c…