There have been many times in United States history when the press has held politicians accountable for a variety of reasons. Today, with the growth of media there are more issues of accountability arising but one issue that is very important in U.S. history is a case known as the Pentagon Papers. This case occurred in 1971 when the New York Times released documents from the Vietnam war accusing former President Nixon and his Administration. The Pentagon Papers were a series of papers that were a classified Defense Department research from the United States activities in the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1967. The Pentagon Papers were also known as “Report of the office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force,” which included 47 volumes,
