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Unit 3 – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Topic 3.4
In New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), the Supreme Court ruled that the newspaper was allowed to publish the Pentagon papers because:
The government failed to prove its case
The Espionage Act did not apply to the Pentagon Papers
The information was irrelevant to national security
The publishing did not lead to any direct peril for American forces
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