Officials at the Pentagon attend a virtual meeting of more than 50 nations on the war in Ukraine, on March 15. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Daniel Ellsberg speaks during an interview in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2009. Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, has announced he has terminal cancer and months to live. Nick Ut/AP hide caption
Journalist Neil Sheehan, pictured at the time as a reporter for UPI, died recently at the age of 84. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption
The Supreme Court has long upheld the right of access to a wide range of judicial proceedings and records. An order Monday unsealing records in an Alabama death penalty case continued that tradition. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Daniel Ellsberg Expected Life In Prison After Leaking Pentagon Papers
July 1, 1971: After getting the green light from the Supreme Court, The New York Times resumes publication of its series of articles based on the secret Pentagon Papers. Jim Wells/AP hide caption