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The Pentagon Papers
The man behind one of the most important security breaches in US history tells his story.
In 1971, the New York Times published one of the most important leaks in US history - 7000 pages of top-secret Defence Department documents known as the Pentagon Papers.
The Papers were leaked by a Pentagon analyst called Daniel Ellsberg in an attempt to end the Vietnam War.
He tells his story to Witness.
(Photo: Daniel Ellsberg in the 1970s Credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
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