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Saturday, June 11, 2005

Pentagon Papers: It was 34 years ago this week...


On June 13, 1971, when the New York Times published an article by Neil Sheehan called, “Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces 3 Decades of Growing U.S. Involvement.” It was the first installment of a 7000-page document that came to be known as the “Pentagon Papers.” How important was the public airing of a secret government study of decision-making about the Vietnam War? None other than Henry Kissinger labeled the man who leaked that study-Daniel Ellsberg-"the most dangerous man in America.”

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http://www.counterpunch.org/mickey06102005.html

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