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- There was one story Neil Sheehan chose not to tell. It was the story of how he had obtained the Pentagon Papers, the blockbuster scoop that led to a 1971 showdown between the Nixon administration and the press, and to a Supreme Court ruling that is still seen as a milepost in government-press relations.
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Oct 7, 2023 · He told Sheehan that he didn’t want him to just write a quick daily story based on the documents, but instead wanted the Times to do a big, deep dive into the secret history.
Jan 15, 2021 · How did Mr. Sheehan actually get the documents? In all of the articles, movies and special reports about the story over the years, he never revealed what had really happened.
Jan 7, 2021 · There was one story Neil Sheehan chose not to tell. It was the story of how he had obtained the Pentagon Papers, the blockbuster scoop that led to a 1971 showdown between the Nixon...
Jun 9, 2021 · On the night of March 2, 1971, he was in Washington, D.C., and looked up Neil Sheehan, a New York Times reporter he had first met in Vietnam. The two started discussing the vast dossier....
Apr 8, 2021 · Scott said that Sheehan did tell her of his dealings with the I.P.S. but she chose not to write about that because she didn’t feel it was relevant to the reporter’s dealings with Ellsberg.
Jan 8, 2021 · Neil Sheehan, the man who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for the New York Times in 1971, revealed how he pulled it off in a secret interview before his death.
