<P> Newspapers, as our editorial said this morning, we're really a part of history that should have been made available, considerably longer ago . I just didn't feel there was any breach of national security, in the sense that we were giving secrets to the enemy . </P> <P> The newspaper appealed the injunction, and the case New York Times Co. v. United States (403 U.S. 713) quickly rose through the U.S. legal system to the Supreme Court . </P> <P> On June 18, 1971, The Washington Post began publishing its own series of articles based upon the Pentagon Papers; Ellsberg had given portions to the Post reporter Ben Bagdikian . Bagdikian brought the information to editor Ben Bradlee . That day, Assistant U.S. Attorney General William Rehnquist asked the Post to cease publication . After the paper refused, Rehnquist sought an injunction in U.S. district court . Judge Murray Gurfein declined to issue such an injunction, writing that "(t) he security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone . Security also lies in the value of our free institutions . A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know ." The government appealed that decision, and on June 26 the Supreme Court agreed to hear it jointly with the New York Times case . Fifteen other newspapers received copies of the study and began publishing it . </P> <P> On June 30, 1971, the Supreme Court decided, 6--3, that the government failed to meet the heavy burden of proof required for prior restraint injunction . The nine justices wrote nine opinions disagreeing on significant, substantive matters . </P>

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