In 1971, Kay Graham, the former publisher of The Washington Post and "First Lady of the Newspaper of America", and editor Ben Bradley obtained a report that the U.S. government was involved in the Vietnam War and caused a large number of casualties. Top-secret documents, thousands of people will lose their jobs if this document is released, and even they will face prison, but the public needs to know the truth. They were subsequently exposed through the New York Times, The Washington Post and other media. Because the content was extremely sensitive, it was enough to change the perception of global public opinion on the participation of the US military in the war. Both newspapers were brought to court by the government. The government also sent a CIA officer working at the Pentagon to the courtroom, who confirmed how serious the situation was and that the publication of these documents would reveal some of the US war plans. Within two weeks, the lawsuit went all the way from the district court to the Federal Supreme Court. The court finally ruled the government defeated by a vote of 6 to 3. The "Pentagon Papers" incident marked the beginning of the discredit of the federal government led by Nixon, and the subsequent Watergate incident directly led to Nixon's government falls
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