When did the Pentagon Papers first appear in the New York Times?

This classified history of American involvement in Vietnam called the Pentagon Papers first began to run in the New York Times on June 13, 1971.

Despite legal challenges from the White House, the Supreme Court permitted the Times and the Washington Post to continue publishing the documents.

Leaked by former Pentagon employee Daniel Ells-berg, the papers detailed three decades of federal deception and incompetence regarding Vietnam.

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