Pentagon Papers

Target entity: Pentagon Papers
Context triple: [The New York Times, notableEventCoverage, Pentagon Papers]

• A. NSC-68
  NSC-68 was a pivotal 1950 U.S. national security policy paper that called for a massive military buildup and global containment strategy against Soviet expansion during the early Cold War.
• B. Saturday Night Massacre
  The Saturday Night Massacre was the 1973 constitutional crisis during the Watergate scandal in which President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations of top Justice Department officials.
• C. Watergate scandal
  The Watergate scandal was a major 1970s American political scandal involving the Nixon administration’s attempts to cover up a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, ultimately leading to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
• D. United States v. Nixon
  United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
• E. Kennan’s Long Telegram
  Kennan’s Long Telegram is a 1946 diplomatic cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan that laid the intellectual foundation for the Cold War policy of containment toward the Soviet Union.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Pentagon Papers
Target entity description: The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.

• A. NSC-68
  NSC-68 was a pivotal 1950 U.S. national security policy paper that called for a massive military buildup and global containment strategy against Soviet expansion during the early Cold War.
• B. Saturday Night Massacre
  The Saturday Night Massacre was the 1973 constitutional crisis during the Watergate scandal in which President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations of top Justice Department officials.
• C. Watergate scandal
  The Watergate scandal was a major 1970s American political scandal involving the Nixon administration’s attempts to cover up a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, ultimately leading to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
• D. United States v. Nixon
  United States v. Nixon was a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited presidential privilege and compelled President Richard Nixon to release the Watergate tapes, reinforcing the principle that not even the president is above the law.
• E. Kennan’s Long Telegram
  Kennan’s Long Telegram is a 1946 diplomatic cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan that laid the intellectual foundation for the Cold War policy of containment toward the Soviet Union.
• F. None of above. chosen