June 13, 1971: Pentagon Papers Published

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🗓️ 13 June 2022

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, June 13th, 2022.
0:07.0	On this day in 1971, the New York Times published their first article on the Pentagon Papers,
0:14.0	top secret documents stolen from the federal government.
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0:55.0	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Today, we're covering the
1:01.0	publication of the Pentagon Papers. Now let's go back to New York City on June 13th, 1971.
1:11.4	The world seemed to ignore the story at first.
1:14.3	It was published alongside copies of the secret documents printed in full, but no other
1:20.2	papers picked the news up, no radio stations announced it, and no one questioned the government,
1:26.4	at least not yet. The response was heartbreaking,
1:30.3	especially for Neil Sheehan. He was an experienced Times reporter and Vietnam War correspondent.
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