the Pentagon Papers
/ðə ˈpentəɡən peɪpəz/
/ðə ˈpentəɡɑːn peɪpərz/
- secret papers from the Pentagon which were printed in the New York Times in 1971. The papers had been taken by Daniel Ellsberg, a government employee, and given to the newspaper. They were about a government study of the Vietnam War, and they revealed military actions about which the public had not been told. The US Department of Justice tried to stop them being published, but the Supreme Court decided that the newspaper had the right to publish them under the First Amendment. The Pentagon Papers helped to turn public opinion against the war and also strengthened the freedom of the press.
五角大楼文件：五角大楼的秘密文件，于1971年在《纽约时报》上印制。这些文件是由政府雇员丹尼尔·埃尔斯伯格（Daniel Ellsberg）拍摄并提供给报纸的。它们是关于政府对越南战争的研究，并且揭示了未告知公众的军事行动。美国司法部试图阻止其出版，但最高法院裁定该报纸有权根据《第一修正案》出版。五角大楼文件有助于使舆论反对战争，也加强了新闻自由。