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Pentagon Papers Trial

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

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1973

Daniel Ellsberg11 May 1973

Los Angeles · Politics / Watergate

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.

Names involved

Daniel Ellsberg

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