Why Did the Nixon Administration Attempt to Halt the Publication

question 73

Multiple Choice

Why did the Nixon administration attempt to halt the publication of the Pentagon Papers?

• A) They contained damaging revelations about the Nixon administration's policy in Vietnam.
• B) They chronicled two decades of waste, mismanagement, and ineffective weapons systems, and the administration feared that public trust in the defense establishment would be undermined.
• C) They revealed a long history of government lies that could further undermine public trust in government statements about the Vietnam War.
• D) They contained embarrassing details of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatric therapy, and the administration feared that a national hero would be publicly discredited.
• E) They were to be published in The New York Times and the Washington Post , both of which had long been on his "enemies list."

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