"That's the lesson of the Pentagon papers," he said in an interview last week.

It used to be all right to publish classified Pentagon papers.

"The Pentagon Papers being the biggest one, and it still got let out."

Despite his best hopes, the release of the Pentagon Papers did not quickly bring the war to a close.

Perhaps because it had tried that almost forty years ago with the Pentagon Papers.

"The Pentagon Papers, all over again," said the press secretary.

Also, the Pentagon Papers led to a major legal test of prior restraint on the press.

"They were responding to a Pentagon white paper," Rodgers said.

So my concern in releasing the Pentagon Papers was not simply, or even primarily, to get out the truth.

These events were not disclosed until the publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1970.

"That's the lesson of the Pentagon papers," he said in an interview last week.

It used to be all right to publish classified Pentagon papers.

"The Pentagon Papers being the biggest one, and it still got let out."

Despite his best hopes, the release of the Pentagon Papers did not quickly bring the war to a close.

Perhaps because it had tried that almost forty years ago with the Pentagon Papers.

"The Pentagon Papers, all over again," said the press secretary.

Also, the Pentagon Papers led to a major legal test of prior restraint on the press.

"They were responding to a Pentagon white paper," Rodgers said.

So my concern in releasing the Pentagon Papers was not simply, or even primarily, to get out the truth.

These events were not disclosed until the publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1970.