When defense expert Daniel Ellsberg worked on a secret government study in 1969 about the Vietnam War, he realized that American leaders were lying to the public, they knew it was not a winnable war. Ellsberg decided to secretly copy the study and give it the nation's top newspapers. The "Pentagon Papers" became a national scandal. |
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Title: | The Pentagon Papers--Daniel Ellsberg | |
Air Date: | July 19, 2011 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | History | |
Smeagol : oooh, good one