Pentagon Papers

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Presidential ‘Infallibility’

“All Americans should know the story of the Pentagon Papers and what it instructs about the value of whistle-blowers and a free press willing to challenge a government when it goes astray — and the folly in believing the ‘implicit infallibility’ of any president of the United States.” 

—John Diaz, editorial page editor, The San Francisco Chronicle, “‘The Post’: A film that could not be more timely,” Nov. 10, 2017.

• Editorial Comment: Thank you, watchdogs.

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