In 1971, Kay Graham, the former publisher of The Washington Post and the “First Lady of the American Press,” and editor Ben Bradley mastered a copy of the US government’s involvement in the Vietnam War, which caused a large number of casualties. Top-secret document. Thousands of people will be unemployed when this document is released, and they will even face jail, but the public needs to know the truth.
Later, they exposed through the "New York Times", "Washington Post" and other media. Because the content was extremely sensitive and could change the perception of global public opinion about the US military's participation in the war, both newspapers were brought to court by the government. The government even sent a CIA officer working in the Pentagon to the courtroom. He confirmed how serious the situation is and publishing these documents will reveal certain US war plans. Within two weeks, the lawsuit went all the way from the district court to the Federal Supreme Court. In the end, the court ruled that the government lost the case by 6 to 3 votes.
The "Pentagon Documents" incident marked the beginning of the disgrace of the federal government led by Nixon, and the subsequent Watergate incident directly led to the downfall of the Nixon administration.
