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The Pentagon Papers Go Public

Jun 13, 2011
It's been 40 years since Daniel Ellsberg took his place in history as the whistle-blower who blew the lid off the American government's shameful secrets about the Vietnam War by leaking the Pentagon Papers On Monday, Americans can read (more).

New Nixon Files and Tapes Made Public

Jun 23, 2009
On Tuesday, the National Archives made public more than 150 hours of tape and tens of thousands of pages of previously unreleased documents from the Nixon administration. Some of the gems include new details into Watergate and Vietnam as well as three newly declassified pages on Israel's secret plans to build a nuclear weapon.