I knew about the Pentagon Papers but the Water Gate thing always overshadowed that topic for me. Never got into depth on that one at a level I should have. The person who leaked the docs - Daniel Ellsberg - is an interesting guy who was convinced that nukes would get used if he didn't let the world know Vietnam was a complete lie from the start. Nukes were being discussed seriously apparently, and they wanted another 200k men to invade North Vietnam, which would have brought the Chinese in, and WWIII the result.

Here's an interview with the person who leaked those papers, who was clearly not just some pencil pushing anti war liberal type who went from being a highly patriotic Marine, to one who realised the entire thing was a farce costing lives, and decided it was his duty to expose the reality.

I thought this was very much worth a listen and I got much more from it than any articles, etc I have read:

https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/...-leaks-update/