And that came to be the majority view of the American people before the Pentagon Papers came out. “The Pentagon Papers are always described as revealing to people how much lying there was but there was a particular kind of lying that’s not revealed in the Pentagon Papers. Over eight months he spent many nights making copies of the Pentagon Papers, twice with the help of his 13-year-old son Robert. The high-profile trial had ensured huge media coverage of the Pentagon Papers. Police arrest during an anti Vietnam War protest near 14th street in Manhattan, New York City, in 1970.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2021 06:00 UTC