Former ‘Post’ Executive Editor Ben Bradlee On Publishing The Pentagon Papers

Former ‘Post’ Executive Editor Ben Bradlee On Publishing The Pentagon Papers

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Bradlee served as executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. In 1995, he told Fresh Air about his decision to publish the top secret documents related to U.S. policy making in Vietnam.

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