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🧵 Today marks 53 years since the New York Times started publishing the Pentagon Papers – the 7,000 page top-secret study detailing decades of official lies about the Vietnam War It was, of course, given to the newspaper by the legendary whistleblower and FPF co-founder Daniel Ellsberg. 4 comments
The Pentagon Papers led to the most important #pressfreedom decision in the U.S. Supreme Court in the 20th century, which has provided broad protections to newspapers from government censorship ever since. Read Justice Black’s stirring words: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/403/713/ The Pentagon Papers case is an important reminder that journalists publish official secrets all the time. As overclassification continues to grow out-of-control, protecting that right has never been more important. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/us/washington-pentagon-papers-max-frankel.html Last year, we launched a permanent chair in the honor of our friend and hero Daniel Ellsberg, who passed away on June 16, 2023, in order to continue his life’s work of exposing the secrecy system and enabling whistleblowers to speak freely. |
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"After The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers on Sunday, June 13, 1971, the nation was stunned. The response ranged from horror to anger to disbelief."
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