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Effects of the Watergate scandal, based on phone hacking ultimately led to the resignation of the President of the United States
On the simmilar way reporters discovered secret history of Wietnam war.
"Only a free and reasonable reporter can detect irregularities in the work of one government and one supreme duty of the press is that, within its means, to prevent the government of deceiving the people, that sends people into unknown lands to die of unknown illnesses and unknown weapons. By my opinion New York Times, Washington Post and other media not only does not deserve condemnation for their courageous and resolute attitude and publication of facts, but absolutely deserve praise for revealing backstairs influence governments that were in fact removed the U.S. in the Vietnam War. The press is the only meet their primary duty "
- The closing words of Judge Hugo Blake given the Supreme Court, while making historic verdict in favor of the New York Times magazine. The process was led by the U.S. government against these newspapers for publishing classified compromising documents about the Vietnam War (from the book: Pentagon study, published in the U.S. July 1971. and translated by us in October 1971, ICS, Belgrade (Serbia)
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