![]() To stop these leaks, President Nixon tasked his staff to create the White House Special Investigations Unit, known as The Plumbers. The media's continued publication of classified documents revealed Ellsberg had access to confidential matters well beyond the study, which increased paranoia in the Nixon administration. Gift of Guernsey Le Pelley to President Richard Nixon, D.1972.4288 The Leak ProjectĪn original cartoon from the Christian Science Monitor depicting President Nixon taking a bubble bath labeled "Executive Bathwater" in a tub full of holes leaking water labeled "Pentagon Papers" etc. On June 30, 1971, the Supreme Court 6-3 decision in favor of the New York Times liberated the media to start publishing unfettered. The United States made its way to the Supreme Court, and oral arguments based on prior restraint began on June 26, 1971. The New York Times and many other publications refused and, in the following cases, argued that the "media's use of classified government information was not only routine but was essential to the operation of a free press." New York Times Co. The court order against the publication stated that further public distribution of classified materials threatened national security. United States Attorney General John Mitchell issued a temporary restraining order and later an injunction furnished by the Department of Justice that prevented the further release of the classified material. Credit: The New York Times Corporate Archive The front page of The Times on June 15, 1971, featuring the paper’s refusal to comply with the attorney general’s telegram, right above the third installment of the Pentagon Papers. The Times declined, and an injunction soon followed. Mitchell, the United States Attorney General, ordered The New York Times to stop publishing the Pentagon Papers. dismissed the case against both men after the exposed governmental misconduct and illegal evidence gathering tied to the Fielding Break-In. The Federal Government charged Ellsberg and Russo with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 their trial began in Los Angeles on January 3, 1973. ![]() When official channels failed, Ellsberg contacted Neil Sheehan of the New York Times and met with the reporter in March 1971. decided to copy the research and began sharing it with the antiwar politicians in the U.S. Daniel Ellsberg became disillusioned with the war effort. Credit: Associated PressĪs one of the 36 analysts hired to work on the Pentagon Papers through the RAND Corporation, Dr. The Trialsĭaniel Ellsberg at the Los Angeles courthouse, 1973 Anthony J. On June 17, 1971, a Washington Post editorial described the Pentagon Papers release as irrefutable documentation that was incredibly damning. policy and the scope of ever-expanding military involvement, 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. In 1969, five days before Richard Nixon's inauguration, the Vietnam Study Task Force completed the report. Half of the 36 analysts hired to work on the Pentagon Papers were active-duty military officers, while the other half split between federal civilian employees and professional scholars. Later known as the Pentagon Papers, the report documented the United States' involvement in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1967. The Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force was a 7,000-page, 47-volume Top-Secret Vietnam War study commissioned by Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense for the Johnson administration. Decision-Making Process on Vietnam." Credit: Pentagon Papers Index, National Archives and Records Administration. The Pentagon PapersĬover page of "The History of U.S. The release affected the legacies of four presidential administrations and became the catalyst for the Watergate break-in and subsequent scandal. Monday, June 13, 2022, marks the 51st anniversary of the New York Times publication of the Pentagon Papers. The New York 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.ĥ1st Anniversary of the release of the Pentagon Papers
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