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The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies and Audiotapes (The Nixon Tapes and the Supreme Court Tape)
URL: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB48/

Description:
Documents and audio related to the June 1971 "Pentagon Papers" case, in which the Supreme Court lifted restraints that had been issued by the U.S. government against The New York Times for its publication of stories about a secret government study on the Vietnam War. Features audio and transcripts of Nixon White House conversations, excerpts from memoirs, and Supreme Court briefs, evidence, and opinions. From the National Security Archive at George Washington University.

Publisher:
National Security Archive

Extra Keywords
freedom of the press Richard United States Vietnam Relations 1945-1967 Daniel Ellsberg

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Freedom of the press
Pentagon Papers
Security classification (Government documents) -- United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

LII Database Information:
Record 21745 created by Jennifer English on 06/05/2006
Last modification on 06/06/2006
Published: 06/08/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21745