And got the courts to ignore the method of publicisizing them so as to focus on the content.
Now, they ignore the content to focus us on the method.
The Pentagon Papers displayed years of poor planning and strategy.
The demohack papers show naked ambition taking front seat to national interest.
But the first met the NYT agenda, and the second does not.
And they wonder why fewer and fewer people find them and media outlets like them credible sources of news.
The Pentagon Papers helped a vigorous national debate about Vietnam.
The demohack papers should help fuel a debate about politics and national security. But the media who are spiking this don't like that discussion very much if it puts the dims in a bad light.
Ed