Linda wrote the historically famous "Pentagon Leak Case" wonderfully in their book "Like a Comet Crossing the Night Sky". After reading this book, I can't stop thinking about this movie "Washington Post" starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, which recreates this real history.
In June 1971, the New York Times disclosed a research report on a series of U.S. decision-making mistakes in the Vietnam War revealed by U.S. Department of Defense officials Ellsberg. The report was authorized by former Defense Secretary McNamara. The research team was completed and used for future historical research, but in order to advance the ongoing Vietnam War, under the circumstances of knowing a series of mistakes, Nixon and other successive U.S. governments continued to conceal their mistakes, and Ellsberg took huge risks. The risk of disclosing the investigative report to the media, the US Department of Justice came forward to prevent the "New York Times" from publishing these documents, but the "Washington Post" bravely stood up and relayed the truth. The incident has turned into a major case concerning freedom of the press, freedom of speech and the definition of the jurisdiction of the government in the United States. Does the government have the right to block the freedom of the press and the public's right to know on the grounds of "national security"?
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