Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Pentagon Papers

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Pentagon Papers?

• A) They revealed a shocking waste in military spending on the part of the federal government, which mostly had not been directed toward the Vietnam War at all.
• B) They were successfully suppressed from publication by the government and only came to light decades later during the 2000s when Nixon deemed enough time had elapsed.
• C) They put President Johnson's war policy in a more favorable light, revealing the true threats Americans had faced as he decided to declare war.
• D) They were first published by the government despite warnings from journalists that their source was unable to be verified, making them potentially untruthful.
• E) They revealed that the Johnson administration had deceived the public in regard to war policy, having never given them the full story on the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 1964.

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