AUSTIN, Texas - Four decades after the Pentagon Papers began appearing in The New York Times, triggering a constitutional crisis over freedom of the press, the once top-secret study of the Vietnam War is being released.<br />
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The Lyndon B. Johnson Library at the University of Texas in Austin will unveil the 7,000-page Pentagon report Monday, with only 11 words remaining secret.<br />
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Simultaneous releases are scheduled at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif. and the National Archives in College Park, Md.<br />
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The Times began publishing the documents June 13, 1971, but a federal judge soon halted their publication. Other newspapers then began publishing the documents.<br />
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A fragmented U.S. Supreme Court eventually struck down the judge's ruling, leading to a major legal victory for press freedom.
