The Papers revealed that American leaders had lied to the public about the Vietnam war.
President Nixon tried to stop The New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers in order to prevent the public from learning about the government's involvement and decisions in the Vietnam War, as the documents revealed classified information that could damage the reputation of the administration and affect public opinion. Nixon believed that the disclosure would undermine national security and his administration's credibility.
The papers revealed that American leaders had lied to the public about the Vietnam War
President Richard Nixon attempted to control the release of the so-called Pentagon Papers by referring the matter over to the Subversive Activities Control Board. This board classified these documents as Top Secret. As such, newspapers that were publishing them in a serialized form were according to the US government, endangering the nation's security. Daniel Ellsberg ws identified as the "leaker" and called by the Control Board an "Abomination", and the culprit behind the leaks.
Governmental deception and manipulation in escalating the war in Vietnam.
plan to organize the Plumbers
The Nixon Administration, it's why he resigned.
President Nixon was never impeached. He resigned because there were enough votes to impeach him. Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson were the only Presidents to be impeached and both were acquitted.
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Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers. He was a former military analyst who leaked the classified documents to the press in 1971. The leak exposed the U.S. government's deceptive practices in the Vietnam War and led to a legal battle with President Nixon's administration, which ultimately went to the Supreme Court.
Daniel Ellsburg
The Plumbers was an informal name for a covert White House Special Investigation Unit in the Nixon Administration that was tasked with stopping leaks to the news media such as the Pentagon Papers. Its members got involved with illegal activities like the Watergate break-in while working for CREEP (The Committee to Re-elect the President). Members of the Plumbers included E. Howard Hunt, Charles Colson, and G. Gordon Liddy.
Richard M. Nixon was the President implictated in the Watergate Scandal.
Richard Nixon had secret plans, to get us out of the war, but i am not positive on the plans that got us into the war.