WaPo Reporter George Wilson, Part of Pentagon Papers Case, Dies at 86
Intrepid war reporter George C. Wilson, who reported on the ground in Vietnam and in Iraq, and immersed himself in workings of the military, has died from leukemia. He was at the Post from 1966 to 1990, during which he spent two tours in Vietnam, and played a pivotal role in the Pentagon Papers case. From the WaPo obituary:
After the papers were obtained by the New York Times and The Post, the Nixon administration tried to prevent the newspapers from publishing them, arguing that the revelations would damage national security.
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