Question

What was the name of the team of political operatives put together to suppress leaks to the press during the Nixon administration?

Answer 1

Answer:

Pentagon Papers

Explanation:

The Pentagon Papers was the name of the body of political operatives put together to suppress leaks to the press during Richard Nixon's administration. The team represented a body of top-secret Department of Defense study of the United States military and political involvement in the Vietnam War in the period between second world war; 1945 and 1967. Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who opposed the Vietnam War in March 1971 leaked information to the New York Times a secret history of the Vietnam War through a report known as the Pentagon Papers. In the report Ellsberg noted that the information contained in the Pentagon Papers to be made available to the American public. The report contained lies and cover-ups on the conduct of the war. Based on the report, the New York Times went ahead and published a series of articles on the report secrets.