Janny Scott | The Seattle Times

FILE — Reading the first copies in 1971 of the first installment of the Pentagon Papers in The New York Times: from left, A.M. Rosenthal, the managing editor; James Greenfield, the project’s editor; Hedrick Smith, a reporter who worked on the project; and Gerald Gold, another key editor involved in it. 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. (Renato Perez/The New York Times) XNYT179 XNYT179

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