Gregory's Server🧵 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.
"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."
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/us/pentagon-papers-vietnam-war.html