In 1971 Daniel Ellsberg, working for the Department of Defense, found a large collection of classified documents that showed that many members of the U.S. government did not believe the Vietnam War was winnable, despite public assertions to the contrary. Ellsberg turned to the Fourth Estate, giving the documents to:

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Daniel Ellsberg gave the classified documents to the New York Times, which published them in a series of articles known as the Pentagon Papers. The publication of the papers sparked a major controversy and led to a landmark Supreme Court case that reaffirmed the freedom of the press to publish information of public interest, even if it was classified.

In 1971 Daniel Ellsberg, Working for the Department of Defense