the post printed the pentagon papers on june 18, 1971.
the post printed the pentagon papers on june 18, 1971.
when did the post print the pentagon papers?
june 18 , 1971
on june 18, 1971, "the washington post" began publishing its own series of articles based upon the "pentagon papers"; ellsberg had given portions to "the washington post" reporter ben bagdikian. bagdikian brought the information to editor ben bradlee. that day, assistant u.s. attorney general william rehnquist asked "the washington post" to cease publication. after the paper refused, rehnquist sought an injunction in u.s. district court. judge murray gurfein declined to issue such an injunction, writing that "[t]he security of the nation is not at the ramparts alone. security also lies in the value of our free institutions. a cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know." the government appealed that decision, and on june 26 the supreme court agreed to hear it jointly with "the new york times" case. fifteen other newspapers received copies of the study and began publishing it.
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nixon's solicitor general erwin n. griswold later called the "pentagon papers" an example of "massive overclassification" with "no trace of a threat to the national security." the "pentagon papers"' publication had little or no effect on the ongoing war because they dealt with documents written years before publication.









































after the release of the "pentagon papers", goldwater said:









































senator birch bayh, who thought the publishing of the "pentagon papers" was justified, said:









































les gelb reflected in 2018 that many people have misunderstood the most important lessons of the "pentagon papers":









































section::::full release in 2011.
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