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The '''Pentagon Papers''' is the popularized name for a top-secret study conducted by the [[United States]] [[Department of Defense]] dealing with American involvement in [[Southeast Asia]] from [[World War II]] until 1967. [[Daniel Ellsberg]], in 1971, was responsible for leaking this study to the [[New York Times]], who subsequently began publishing sections of it on June 13, 1971. On June 29, [[Senator]] [[Mike Gravel]] entered the report into the public record of the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds<ref>http://www.beacon.org/client/client_pages/images/pentagon_35.pdf</ref>
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The '''Pentagon Papers''' (officialy named ''History of the U.S. Decision-Making Process on Viet Nam Policy'')  is the popularized name for a top-secret study conducted by the [[United States]] [[Department of Defense]] dealing with American involvement in [[Southeast Asia]] from [[World War II]] until 1967. [[Daniel Ellsberg]], in 1971, was responsible for leaking this study to the [[New York Times]], who subsequently began publishing sections of it on June 13, 1971. On June 29, [[Senator]] [[Mike Gravel]] entered the report into the public record of the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.<ref>http://www.beacon.org/client/client_pages/images/pentagon_35.pdf</ref>
    
The government obtained a federal court [[injunction]] to stop publishing the classified Pentagon Papers, which led to the [[Supreme Court]] case of ''[[New York Times Co. v. United States]]'', against the New York Times and the [[Washington Post]]. The Court, with a 6-3 decision, ruled that the injunctions were unconstitutional because the government did not meet the "heavy burden of showing justification for the enforcement of such a [[prior restraint]]."<ref>http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0403_0713_ZS.html</ref>
 
The government obtained a federal court [[injunction]] to stop publishing the classified Pentagon Papers, which led to the [[Supreme Court]] case of ''[[New York Times Co. v. United States]]'', against the New York Times and the [[Washington Post]]. The Court, with a 6-3 decision, ruled that the injunctions were unconstitutional because the government did not meet the "heavy burden of showing justification for the enforcement of such a [[prior restraint]]."<ref>http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0403_0713_ZS.html</ref>
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The government also charged Ellsberg with theft, espionage, and conspiracy.  The charges were dropped due to members of President [[Richard Nixon]]'s staff breaking into Ellberg's psychiatrist's office to obtain medical records.<ref>http://law.jrank.org/pages/12719/New-York-Times-Company-v-United-States.html</ref>
    
The leak of this report fueled the fire of the growing anti-[[Vietnam War]] movement.
 
The leak of this report fueled the fire of the growing anti-[[Vietnam War]] movement.
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==Referneces==
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==External Links==
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[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/pent1.html The Pentagon Papers - Gravel Edition]
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