The Pentagon Papers Trial
“Inevitably political, the Pentagon Papers case is a decisive test of the federal government’s capacity to control the disclosure of information stamped ‘secret,’ of an individual’s right to defy the security classification system, and at least peripherally, of the press’s ability to rely on ‘leaks’ in government circles”
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The Atlantic
Published: Nov 1, 1972
Length: 17 minutes (4,470 words)