HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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the Other America
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the Enemy Within
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Document 9981
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Pentagon Papers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pentagon Papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scope of its actions in the Vietnam War with coastal raids on North Vietnam and Marine Corps attacks-none of which were reported in the mainstream media.
Detailed explanation-2: -The publication of the “Pentagon Papers, ‘’ along with previous suspected disclosures of classified information to the press, led to the creation of a White House unit to plug information leaks to journalists.
Detailed explanation-3: -Believing that the war was unwinnable and immoral, Ellsberg and his co-defendant Anthony Russo secretly copied the 7000-page report and provided it to the New York Times and Washington Post. After articles about the papers were published, Ellsberg surrendered to the authorities on June 28, 1971.