Follow Daniel Ellsberg through 39 dated historical records for United States of America.
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Has access to the complete set of documents which reveal that the Government had knowledge all along that the war would not likely be won, and that continuing the war would lead to many times more casualties than admtted. Contributes to a top-secret study of classified documents regarding the conduct of the Vietnam War that had been commissioned by Defence Secretary McNamara
Role range: 1960-1975
Ellsberg begins secretly reproducing portions of the classified Pentagon Papers while associated with RAND.
Role range: 1960-1975
Ellsberg reproduces classified study materials outside normal government channels as he prepares copies for possible disclosure.
Role range: 1960-1975
With the assistance of his former RAND Corporation colleague, Anthony Russo, Ellsberg secretly made several sets of photocopies of the classified documents he had access to - these became known as the Pentagon Papers
Role range: 1960-1975
Tries to persuade sympathetic senators to release the Pentagon Papers
Role range: 1960-1975
Ellsberg says he tries to furnish Pentagon Papers material to Senator J. William Fulbright in hopes of congressional disclosure.
Role range: 1960-1975
Ellsberg says he tries to furnish Pentagon Papers material to former Senator Charles Goodell while seeking official disclosure.
Role range: 1960-1975
Ellsberg approaches Senator George McGovern as part of his effort to have elected officials disclose the classified study.
Role range: 1960-1975
Ellsberg seeks a way to make the classified history public through elected officials before turning to the press.
Role range: 1960-1975
For 15 days, the Times was prevented from publishing its articles by court order requested by the Nixon administration, meanwhile, Ellsberg leaks the documents to The Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. Ellsberg releases the documents to New York Times correspondent Neil Sheehan & On Sunday, June 13, 1971, the Times publishes the first of nine excerpts and commentaries on the 7,000 page collection
Role range: 1960-1975
In February 1971, Ellsberg discussed the study with The New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan, and gave 43 of the volumes to him in March
Role range: 1960-1975
Ellsberg meets New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan in March after efforts to secure official disclosure fail.
Role range: 1960-1975
The New York Times begins publishing material from the Pentagon Papers leaked by Ellsberg, intensifying Nixon administration concern about unauthorized disclosures.
The New York Times began publishing excerpts on June 13, 1971; the first article in the series was titled "Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces Three Decades of Growing US Involvement". The study was dubbed The Pentagon Papers during the resulting media publicity. Street protests, political controversy, and lawsuits followed
Role range: 1960-1975
Leaked Pentagon Papers begin appearing in the New York Times
Role range: 1960-1975
On June 18, 1971, The Washington Post began publishing its own series of articles based upon the Pentagon Papers; Ellsberg gave portions to editor Ben Bradlee
Role range: 1960-1975
A federal grand jury indicts Ellsberg on charges concerning retention and conversion of classified Pentagon Papers documents.
Admits to delivering the Pentagon Papers to New York Times
Role range: 1960-1975
The Supreme Court ordered publication of the Times to resume freely (New York Times Co. v. United States). Although the Times did not reveal Ellsberg as their source, he went into hiding for 13 days afterwards, suspecting that the evidence would point to him as the source of the theft
Role range: 1960-1975
Howard Hunt burglarizes the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.
Howard Hunt burglarizes the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.
Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War
Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War
Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War
The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense.
The papers were released by Daniel Ellsberg who had worked on the study, and first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of The New York Times.
is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.
Ellsberg is initially charged with offenses including conspiracy, theft and violations of the Espionage Act arising from his disclosure of the Pentagon Papers.
For his disclosure of the Pentagon Papers Ellsberg was initially charged with conspiracy espionage and theft of Government property
The Pentagon Papers describe previously undisclosed expansion of United States military activity involving Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
The Pentagon Papers document previously undisclosed aspects of United States decision-making and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
The charges against Ellsberg are later dismissed after government misconduct, including unlawful efforts by White House operatives to discredit him, becomes known.
The papers revealed that the U.S.
but the charges were later dropped after prosecutors investigating the Watergate Scandal soon discovered that the staff members in the Nixon White House had ordered the so-called White House Plumbers to engage in unlawful efforts to discredit Ellsberg
had secretly enlarged the scale of the Vietnam War with the bombings of nearby Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which were reported in the mainstream media.
Ellsberg provides Pentagon Papers documents to Representative Paul McCloskey while continuing attempts to obtain congressional disclosure.
Role range: 1960-1975
Ellsberg goes on trial with Anthony Russo over the copying and disclosure of the Pentagon Papers.
The federal case against Ellsberg and Anthony Russo is dismissed after government misconduct, including illegal evidence gathering connected with the Fielding break-in, is exposed.
Judge William Byrne dismisses the case against Ellsberg after government misconduct and illegal evidence gathering are exposed.
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