A powerpoint on the secrecy of the Pentagon Papers.

1. The Pentagon
Papers
By Geoff Bocobo

2. Background
US-Vietnam Relations
US Dept of Defense regarding Vietnam
New York Times 1971/1996 Article- Johnson Admin=Lie
Began, Sec of Def Rob Mcnamara- Vietnam Study Task Force
record written for history- secret to rest of Admin(thought
cahootz w/ Kennedy
Contraversial- why?

3. Contents
Used government officials + analysts + military
secret, non contact with VA or Wash
Marked Top Secret, contained government documents
What Happened from close of WWII to 1968

4. Controversy + Public
Response
Daniel Ellsberg - disclose and publish to Nixon Cabinet
none interested
in response- 1971 gave Neil Sheehan NY Times 47 volumes
Protests + Political Controversy + Lawsuits
Beacon Press Senator Mike Gravel
Not unlawful, Freedom of Speech, Gravel v. US

5. Lawsuit
NY Times legal advise pre pub- Lord Day & Lord
James Goodale- 1st Amendment
Nixon ok, dissed Kennedy+ Johnson, advisors opposed b/c prevented future secrets
Ellsberg and Russo- Treason, Espionage Act 1917(felony)
Washington Post
“its decision did not void the Espionage Act or give the press unlimited freedom to
publish classified documents. Ellsberg and Russo were not acquitted of violating
the Espionage Act; they were freed due to a mistrial from irregularities in the
government's case”

6. Outcome + Impact
Public Learned bombing Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids
Vietnam , none media reported
Ripped on Truman-Johnson, AKA JFK plan overthrow
South Vietnam, coup caused death Ngo Dinh Diem
Showed what admins did without consent of advisors, militarily
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf22x5r16Zo&feature=related

7. Works Cited
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838198.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB48/
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/pent1.html
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~hbf/ELLSBERG.htm