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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 the end of [[World War II]] until 1967. [[Daniel Ellsberg]], in 1971, was responsible for leaking this study to the [[New York Times]], who subsequently published it.

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>

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.