Vietnam Times Summary
In the United States in 1971, Nixon was still in his first term and the Vietnam War was still going on. Charles Mason was found guilty for the 1969 Tate-LaBianca Murder, where Mason Family were found guilty of killing actress Sharon Tate, who was pregnant, and, and several of her friends and a stranger who happened to be on the property, and the earlier killing of Leno LaBianca and his wife. “Chua-Eoan, Howard. Par. 1.” On February 9, 1971, in San Fernando, California, an earthquake hit destroyed overpasses, hospitals, and power stations. The earthquake claimed 64 lives and more than 2,500 injured with more than $550 million in damages. “Bartholomew, Par. 1 and 2”. June 10, Nixon ends it embargo on China. The zeitgeist of late sixties and early seventies was the public questioning their involvement in the war and the government in geranal. The paper gave them evidence to confirm their distrust to the government Daniel Ellsberg a
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During all of this time, the Times, presumably in its capacity as trustee of the public's "right to know," has held up publication for purposes it considered proper, and thus public knowledge was delayed. No doubt this was for a good reason; the analysis of 7,000 pages of complex material drawn from a vastly greater volume of material would inevitably take time, and the writing of good news stories takes time. But why should the United States Government, from whom this information was illegally acquired by someone, along with all the counsel, trial judges, and appellate judges be placed under needless pressure? After these months of deferral, the alleged "right to know" has somehow and suddenly become a right that must be vindicated
During all of this time, the Times, presumably in its capacity as trustee of the public's "right to know," has held up publication for purposes it considered proper, and thus public knowledge was delayed. No doubt this was for a good reason; the analysis of 7,000 pages of complex material drawn from a vastly greater volume of material would inevitably take time, and the writing of good news stories takes time. But why should the United States Government, from whom this information was illegally acquired by someone, along with all the counsel, trial judges, and appellate judges be placed under needless pressure? After these months of deferral, the alleged "right to know" has somehow and suddenly become a right that must be vindicated