Pentagon Papers

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classified study government document historical document

The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.

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Label	Occurrences
Pentagon Papers canonical	14
Pentagon Papers controversy	3
Pentagon Papers leak	3
Pentagon Papers scandal	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	classified study ⓘ government document ⓘ historical document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense ⓘ
archivesAt	Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library ⓘ National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
author	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
classificationStatus	Top Secret (originally) ⓘ
commissionedBy	Robert McNamara ⓘ
compiledBy	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
completionDate	1969 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declassificationStatus	fully declassified (2011 public release) ⓘ partially declassified ⓘ
describedEvent	Gulf of Tonkin incident ⓘ U.S. escalation in Vietnam ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
describedTimePeriod	1945–1967 ⓘ
disclosed	U.S. government misled the public about the Vietnam War ⓘ internal doubts within the U.S. government about war progress ⓘ secret expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia and Laos ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	The New York Times ⓘ
hasPart	47 volumes ⓘ government documents and memoranda ⓘ historical analysis ⓘ
influenced	U.S. government transparency debates ⓘ public opinion about the Vietnam War ⓘ subsequent whistleblowers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leakDate	1971 ⓘ
leakedBy	Daniel Ellsberg ⓘ
leakedTo	The New York Times ⓘ Washington Post ⓘ surface form: The Washington Post
legalCase	New York Times Co. v. United States ⓘ New York Times Co. v. United States ⓘ surface form: United States v. Washington Post Co.
mainSubject	United States foreign policy ⓘ United States military strategy ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
mediaCoverageStartDate	June 13, 1971 ⓘ
numberOfPages	7000 ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Pentagon ⓘ
positionHeldByAuthor	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
publisher	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
relatedTo	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ whistleblowing in the United States ⓘ
shortName	Pentagon Papers self-link ⓘ
startTime	1967 ⓘ
subjectOf	documentary "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" ⓘ film "The Post" ⓘ
title	Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force ⓘ

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United States v. Daniel Ellsberg → subjectOf → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

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Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force → alsoKnownAs → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force → laterKnownAs → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force → leakedAs → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense → alsoKnownAs → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

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documentary "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" → basedOn → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

subject surface form: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

this entity surface form: Pentagon Papers leak

documentary "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" → subject → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

subject surface form: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

United States v. Washington Post Co. → involves → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

United States v. Anthony Russo → aroseFrom → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

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United States v. Anthony Russo → concerns → Pentagon Papers ⓘ

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