The so-called Pentagon Papers

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The Pentagon Papers were a secret government report leaked to the press that revealed the government had lied to the American people about the progress of the war in Vietnam. They were a major turning point in public opinion about the war and helped to erode support for it.

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 The Nixon administration tried to suppress the release of the Pentagon Papers, arguing that they contained classified information that could harm national security. However, the Supreme Court ruled that the public's right to know outweighed these concerns, and the papers were eventually published in the New York Times and other newspapers.

The So-Called Pentagon Papers