Keep an eye out for this documentary. It's out mid September. The Pentagon Papers, the 1971 release of top secret docs to the NY Times by Vietnam strategist Daniel Ellsberg exposed the government mistakes regarding policy and military strategy in Vietnam.
It also sharpened the blade for an already paranoid Richard Nixon. This episode not only furthered the divide on the domestic homefront between the anti war folks and authorities, it revved up the Oval office to a culture where "plumbers" would now be
welcomed to help stop "leaks." The Watergate break in took place in 1972. see trailer
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