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Pentagon Papers Case Dismissed

United States of America · Politics / Watergate. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1973

William Matthew Byrne11 May 1973

Los Angeles · Politics / Watergate

Byrne dismisses the Ellsberg-Russo prosecution after disclosures of government misconduct undermine the case.

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William Matthew Byrne

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