In a 2015 New York Times article, reporter Neil Sheehan explained how he acquired the copy of the Pentagon Papers, the motivations behind the publication, and the repercussions that followed. Credit: Barton Silverman/The New York Times Sheehan was at the center of the episode. Neil Sheehan in 1972 on the day The New York Times won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the Pentagon Papers. dismissed the case against both men after governmental misconduct and illegal evidence gathering became exposed.
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The Federal Government charged both Ellsberg and Russo with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 their trial began in Los Angeles on January 3, 1973. When official channels failed, he contacted Neil Sheehan of the New York Times and met with the reporter in March 1971. From avid support to staunchly against the war effort, he believed “that if members of the public learned what the study revealed, they would have a similar conversion.” With the help of colleague Anthony Russo, Ellsberg copied the research and began sharing it with the antiwar politicians of the Senate. A combination of time spent working alongside the military in Vietnam and the information the classified study revealed changed Ellsberg’s view of the war. In 1964, he was recruited by the Department of Defense to work as a military strategist under Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to be one of the thirty-six analysts assigned to the Pentagon Papers study. Daniel Ellsberg worked for the RAND Corporation think tank beginning in 1958 on nuclear strategies. The study revealed that the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations had misled the public about the extent of the nation's involvement in Vietnam.ĭaniel Ellsberg at the Los Angeles courthouse, 1973 Anthony Russo and Patricia Ellsberg to his right. A 7,000 page, 47-volume "Top-Secret” study, was completed in 1969, five days before Richard Nixon's inauguration. According to The Washington Post, "McNamara has insisted that he authorized the study to preserve for scholars the government documents that chronicled the key decisions resulting in the United States' involvement in an Asian land war.” It consisted of thirty-six analysts who used confidential archival documents from the Department of Defense, State Department, and Central Intelligence Administration (CIA) to compile information. Decision-Making Process on Vietnam." Credit: The UVA Miller CenterĬommissioned by Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense for the Johnson administration, the Pentagon Papers documented the United States involvement in Southeast Asia during the years of 1945-1967. Credit: The New York Times Corporate ArchiveĬover page of "The History of U.S. The Times declined, and an injunction soon followed. Mitchell, the United States attorney general, ordered The Times to stop publishing the Pentagon Papers. Its publication, and the ensuing controversy, would affect the legacies of four Presidential administrations, become the catalyst of Watergate, and distort the nation’s view of wartime politics. On June 15, after the third installment was published, a temporary restraining order issued by the Department of Justice prevented further publication of the classified material.
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Involvement.” A second front page installment of the series was published on June 14, 1971, titled “Vietnam Archive: A Consensus to Bomb Developed before ’64 Election, Study Says,” drew the ire of Attorney General John Mitchell. The Times planned to release a series of excerpts beginning with the front page headline “Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces 3 Decades of Growing U.S. Decision-Making Process on Vietnam," otherwise known as the Pentagon Papers.
Sunday, June 13, 2021, marked the 50th anniversary of the New York Times publication of “The History of U.S.
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Credit: The New York Times Corporate Archive The Times published the first installment of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret history of the Vietnam War, on June 13,1971. The Education and Public Programs Team at the Nixon Library is pleased to remind you that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) continues to be an excellent source for entertaining and historical content! Simply follow the links below for additional information.ĥ0th Anniversary of the Release of The Pentagon Papers
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