title: Pentagon Papers
Rick Francona
Daniel Ellsberg
Barry McCaffrey
Cable 243
William Glendon
The Most Dangerous Man in America
William Matthew Byrne Sr.
William Matthew Byrne Jr.
Franklin C. Spinney
sentences: The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.
 The papers were released by Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the study; they were first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of "The New York Times" in 1971.
 A 1996 article in "The New York Times" said that the "Pentagon Papers" had demonstrated, among other things, that the Johnson Administration "systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress".
Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francona (born 31 August 1951) is an author, commentator and media military analyst.
 He is a retired United States Air Force intelligence officer with experience in the Middle East, including tours of duty with the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.
 He was under contract to NBC News and appeared regularly on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC, as well as Radio Canada and other media.
 In 2013, he became a military analyst with CNN.
Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American activist and former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to "The New York Times" and other newspapers.
Barry Richard McCaffrey (born November 17, 1942) is a former United States Army General and current news commentator and business consultant.
 He received three Purple Heart medals for injuries sustained during his service in Vietnam, two Silver Stars for valor, and two Distinguished Service Crosses — the second-highest U.S. Army award for valor.
 He was inducted into U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame at U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning in 2007.
 He served as an adjunct professor at U.S. Military Academy and its Bradley Professor of International Security Studies from 2001 to 2008.
 He received West Point Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy's Distinguished Graduate Award in 2010.
 He is currently a military analyst for NBC and MSNBC as well as president of his own consulting firm, BR McCaffrey Associates.
 He serves on many boards of directors of national corporations.
 He is an outspoken advocate for insurance parity, for drug courts and veterans' courts, and is a frequent speaker at conferences.
DEPTEL 243, also known as Telegram 243, the August 24 cable or most commonly Cable 243, was a high-profile message sent on August 24, 1963, by the United States Department of State to Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., the US ambassador to South Vietnam.
 The cable came in the wake of the midnight raids on August 21 by the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem against Buddhist pagodas across the country, in which hundreds were believed to have been killed.
 The raids were orchestrated by Diem's brother Ngô Đình Nhu and precipitated a change in US policy.
 The cable declared that Washington would no longer tolerate Nhu remaining in a position of power and ordered Lodge to pressure Diem to remove his brother.
 It said that if Diem refused, the Americans would explore the possibility for alternative leadership in South Vietnam.
 In effect, the cable authorized Lodge to give the green light to Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) officers to launch a coup against Diem if he did not willingly remove Nhu from power.
 The cable marked a turning point in US-Diem relations and was described in the Pentagon Papers as "controversial".
 Historian John W. Newman described it as "the single most controversial cable of the Vietnam War".
William R. Glendon (c. 1920 – December 25, 2008) was an American attorney who specialized in issues relating to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and represented "The Washington Post" in the Pentagon Papers case.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a 2009 documentary film directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith.
 The film follows Daniel Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the publication of the "Pentagon Papers", which exposed the top-secret military history of the United States involvement in Vietnam.
William Matthew Byrne Sr. (July 10, 1896 – March 9, 1974) was a United States district judge.
William Matthew Byrne Jr. (September 3, 1930 – January 14, 2006) was a federal judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
 He was best known for presiding over the trial of Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg.
Franklin C. "Chuck" Spinney (born May 2, 1945) is an American former military analyst for the Pentagon who became famous in the early 1980s for what became known as the "Spinney Report", criticizing what he described as the reckless pursuit of costly complex weapon systems by the Pentagon, with disregard to budgetary consequences.
 Despite attempts by his superiors to bury the controversial report, it eventually was exposed during a United States Senate Budget Committee on Defense hearing, which though scheduled to go unnoticed, made the cover of "Time" magazine March 7, 1983.

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 The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.
 The papers were released by Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the study; they were first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of "The New York Times" in 1971.
 A 1996 article in "The New York Times" said that the "Pentagon Papers" had demonstrated, among other things, that the Johnson Administration "systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress". 

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 Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francona (born 31 August 1951) is an author, commentator and media military analyst.
 He is a retired United States Air Force intelligence officer with experience in the Middle East, including tours of duty with the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.
 He was under contract to NBC News and appeared regularly on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC, as well as Radio Canada and other media.
 In 2013, he became a military analyst with CNN. 

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 Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American activist and former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to "The New York Times" and other newspapers. 

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 Barry Richard McCaffrey (born November 17, 1942) is a former United States Army General and current news commentator and business consultant.
 He received three Purple Heart medals for injuries sustained during his service in Vietnam, two Silver Stars for valor, and two Distinguished Service Crosses — the second-highest U.S. Army award for valor.
 He was inducted into U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame at U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning in 2007.
 He served as an adjunct professor at U.S. Military Academy and its Bradley Professor of International Security Studies from 2001 to 2008.
 He received West Point Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy's Distinguished Graduate Award in 2010.
 He is currently a military analyst for NBC and MSNBC as well as president of his own consulting firm, BR McCaffrey Associates.
 He serves on many boards of directors of national corporations.
 He is an outspoken advocate for insurance parity, for drug courts and veterans' courts, and is a frequent speaker at conferences. 

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 William R. Glendon (c. 1920 – December 25, 2008) was an American attorney who specialized in issues relating to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and represented "The Washington Post" in the Pentagon Papers case. 

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 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a 2009 documentary film directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith.
 The film follows Daniel Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the publication of the "Pentagon Papers", which exposed the top-secret military history of the United States involvement in Vietnam. 

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 William Matthew Byrne Jr. (September 3, 1930 – January 14, 2006) was a federal judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
 He was best known for presiding over the trial of Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. 

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 Franklin C. "Chuck" Spinney (born May 2, 1945) is an American former military analyst for the Pentagon who became famous in the early 1980s for what became known as the "Spinney Report", criticizing what he described as the reckless pursuit of costly complex weapon systems by the Pentagon, with disregard to budgetary consequences.
 Despite attempts by his superiors to bury the controversial report, it eventually was exposed during a United States Senate Budget Committee on Defense hearing, which though scheduled to go unnoticed, made the cover of "Time" magazine March 7, 1983. 

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Answer: Daniel Ellsberg