Pentagon Papers: Lies, Leaks, & Watergate's Shocking Root

Описание: Dive deep into the shocking true story of the Pentagon Papers, revealing decades of government deception behind the Vietnam War and the seismic leaks that exposed it all. Discover how a crisis of conscience led to a constitutional showdown and ultimately paved the way for Watergate.

In this documentary, we uncover:
Secretary McNamara's secret history of American decision-making in Vietnam.
Decades of government duplicity, from Truman to Kennedy.
The deliberate fabrication of the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
Daniel Ellsberg's courageous act of leaking 7,000 pages of classified documents.
The New York Times and Washington Post's battle for freedom of the press.
The historic Supreme Court case, *New York Times Co. v. United States*.
Nixon's furious reaction and the creation of the White House Plumbers.
The illegal break-in at Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office.
How the Pentagon Papers directly led to the Watergate scandal.
The enduring legacy of shattered public faith and the crisis of accountability.

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