Vietnam War: Top secret US papers published (whole Pentagon Papers)

alp227

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Mon Jun-13-11 12:56 PM
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Vietnam War: Top secret US papers published (whole Pentagon Papers)

Source: BBC News

A top secret US government report into the Vietnam War has been officially released.

The publication comes 40 years after parts were leaked to the New York Times, showing that the administration at the time had lied to the public.

The National Archives formally released all 7,000 pages on Monday.

President Richard Nixon's attempts to block the publication led to a landmark court ruling that gave the media more power to investigate public officials.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13746300

http://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers/

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Mon Jun-13-11 03:08 PM
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1. Good to see the BBC is on top of this.

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