Pivotal Moments: New York Times V. United States and Press Freedom
Words: 472 1746This exploration plunges into the pivotal legal clash encapsulated in New York Times v. United States, an epochal confrontation entwined with the complexities of the Vietnam War during the early 1970s. Amidst the fervor of the era, the New York Times initiated the release of excerpts from the Pentagon Papers—a controversial leak laying bare the U.S. government's intricate involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Daniel Ellsberg, the audacious military analyst orchestrating the leak, thrust the government into a quagmire […]
