From the Pentagon Papers to Trump: How the government gained the upper hand against leakers
- Written by Margot Susca, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of Communication
'Drop' via www.shutterstock.comIn October 1969, a national security official named Daniel Ellsberg began secretly photocopying 7,000 classified Vietnam War documents. He had become increasingly frustrated with the systematic deception of top U.S. leaders who sought to publicly escalate a war that, privately, they knew was unwinnable.
In March 1971...