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The 31 pages that link to Pentagon Papers, each with the reason it gives.

• Investigative journalismBroader topic: Publication exposed a gap between private government assessments and public claims about the war.

• The New York TimesBroader topic: The Times’s 1971 publication triggered a major legal battle over press freedom.

• Censorship in the United StatesBroader topic: Their publication brought government secrecy and press freedom into direct conflict.

• Source protectionBroader topic: The leak prompted landmark litigation over publication and intensified scrutiny of confidential sourcing.

• Political journalismBroader topic: Their publication tested press freedom and the public's access to government information.

• Journalistic ethicsBroader topic: Publication tested the public-interest case for disclosing classified government records.

• Media ethicsBroader topic: Publication tested the public value of disclosure against state secrecy and legal pressure.

• American journalismBroader topic: Their publication tested press freedom against government claims of national security.

• Daniel EllsbergBroader topic: Ellsberg copied this study and supplied it to newspapers in 1971.

• Pulitzer Prize for Public ServiceBroader topic: The New York Times shared the 1972 award for publishing this history despite government efforts to stop it.

• Robert McNamaraBroader topic: McNamara commissioned the study that later revealed a widening gap between private assessments and public claims.

• Watchdog journalismBroader topic: Publication challenged official claims about the war and tested the press's right to disclose secret records.

• History of journalismBroader topic: Publication tested the press’s ability to disclose government secrets against national-security claims.