Pentagon Papers classified history leak

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The Pentagon Papers was a classified Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1968, leaked by analyst Daniel Ellsberg to news outlets in 1971 and revealing systematic government misrepresentations to the public and Congress about the Vietnam War.

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Pentagon Papers

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Officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, a classified 47-volume, 7,000-page Department of Defense history of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1968. Commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in June 1967 and completed in late 1968.

Commissioned by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara on June 17, 1967
Completed in late 1968 with approximately 34 contributors including Daniel Ellsberg
Officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force
Comprised 47 volumes totaling 7,000 pages of classified documents

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Pentagon Papers classified history leak

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