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One of the prime examples of investigative journalism, the Pentagon Papers saw the press take on the Richard Nixon administration head-on in the 1970s. The 7,000 odd pages of highly classified government documents on the Vietnam war was brought to light by Neil Sheehan, a journalist with The New York Times. Neil, who was a former Vietnam War correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, went to great lengths to make the papers public knowledge, carrying out a risky expose that could ve not only ended his career but also jeopardized the safety of his source, had the information been leaked. Neil, who passed away at age 84 on January 7, is survived by his wife, Susan Sheehan and their two daughters. He was suffering from Parkinson s disease.
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