-pakistan alliance; the pentagon papers, 40 years on; and justice john paul stevens. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: continuing government crackdown on protesters in syria forced more people to flee across the border into turkey today. on sunday, the military reined in protesters in a northern border town using elite ground forces, helicopters, and tanks. we have a report from john ray of independent television news, who is on the border between syria and turkey. >> reporter: an uprising crushed, a victory celebrated on the syrian tv tonight. and in the town, the regime claims it's uncovered atrocities committed by rebels. but as the army advanced, a population has scattered and terrorized survivors tell a different story. >> they have attacked us. they chased us, she cried. i don't know where my aunt and uncles are. in clinics on the turkish side of the border they tend the injured. not even the innocent have been spared the violence. the firsthand accounts now emerging with these refugees, let alone the injuries they've

>> and the pentagon papers will finally be revealed to the american public in full.he venezuelan president hugo chavez says he is recovering well after surgery on his pelvis. he did not give a date for his return home, but said he is managing government from his hospital bed. he underwent an operation on friday. he told venezuelan tv he had met with former and current cuban leaders, fidel and raul castro, over the weekend. >> surgery on a knee injury kept him sidelined for some weeks. now he has undergone an emergency operation in cuba for something more serious. an abscess on his pelvis. amid speculation is that his condition is worse than the government has revealed, he called from havana to quash the rumors. >> i am in full control of my faculties. believe me, if i was feeling at all like i had diminished faculties to lead the government, i would be the first person to take a decision. but this is absolutely, absolutely not the case. >> despite his claims that the surgery was a success, his critics have seized on his health as a potential weakness in his armor. he

at noon today, the pentagon papers will be released.is our next segment, looking at the history of the pentagon papers. join us for that discussion is robert dallek. >> it is 9:14. republican presidential candidate and former massachusetts governor mitt romney is responding to remarks by president obama on unemployment. the president said on june 3 that, there are always going to be bumps in the road to recovery. supporters say, "i am an american, not about in the road -- a bump in the road." the latest generation of cancer drugs may be out of reach for some seniors with medicare prescription drug coverage because of steep co-pays. some of them are more than $500. about one in six people with medicare are not filing or filling their prescriptions. there is a new agreement today between the u.s. air force and poland, allowing troops to be stationed permanently in that country beginning in 2013. poland, a nato member since 1999, is a strong u.s. ally. those are some of the latest headlines. >> connect with c-span2 online -- c-span online.

was way more important so they just gave the pentagon papers a nice little thirty second pillar. of grief says sparked a firestorm in the nixon administration and now forty years later to the day the u.s. government is releasing all seven thousand pages of the pentagon papers meanwhile forty years after a leak of a top secret pentagon papers led to a landmark supreme court case and triggered the nixon white house plumbers group that ended up in gaging in watergate the full report has been declassified all seven thousand pages are released i did not feel our heart. really that's all you got out there talking about bradley manning and his confinement did you know the government's case against daniel ellsberg where they tried to charge him with espionage conspiracy but all that fell apart because of government misconduct because they tapped his phone illegally and they broke into his psychiatry's office to steal his records and yes all of that was wrong but all that pales in comparison to keeping a man locked up in solitary confinement for ten months and then forcing him to strip na

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all 7,000 pages of the pentagon papers, fully and finally declassified.d that the great bulk of the pentagon's top secret history of the vietnam war has been available for decades. beginning with the most famous leak in history by the most famous whistle blower. >> i can no longer cooperate in concealing this information from the american public. >> reporter: daniel elsberg then and daniel elsberg today saying his own regret is he wasted nearly two years after reading the papers before he leaked them. >> that made me believe that what i was involved in, in vietnam, was not a noble cause that had gone wrong. it was unjustified homicide. >> reporter: in 1967 then defense secretary robert mcnamara ordered one of his so- called "whiz kids," morton halperin to set up a task force to conduct a study of the war. >> we interpreted what he wanted as wanting to learn the lessons of how we had gotten in, in the hopes that they would help other people in the future avoid the perils of what had gotten us into the war. >> reporter: halperin is one of a handful of peopl

well forty years ago this week the new york times began publishing the pentagon papers by a courageous whistleblower who wants to expose the mishandling of a war for the greater good of this country and today daniel ellsberg is revered by many as a hero but those who follow in his footsteps the modern whistleblowers more likely than ever it seems to face prosecution now there's a case of thomas drake the n.s.a. official who exposed waste and corruption in his agency although in the wake of nine eleven in return he was labeled as an enemy of the state charged under the espionage act the first of thirty five years behind bars now his trial to get the irony in all this his trial was set to begin on this very same day but the pentagon papers came out or decades ago until the justice department's case against him unraveled suddenly last week but that's the great case seems to be falling apart the obama administration seems to be ramping up its espionage investigation of wiki leaks namely bradley manning and julian all songe and just a few hours ago a blogger named david house testified befo

and he's right the pentagon papers criminal investigation was a scandal in and of itself back in one nine hundred seventy want or leaker daniel ellsberg shared information from the department of defense with the new york times and although the pentagon papers have been made public that actually happened this monday which was when the forty year anniversary was and i ultimately serve a positive purpose in u.s. history at the time a government back against the leak with everything they had so much so that they had to throw out the case because the government misconduct when they illegally tapped. well daniel ellsberg phones and broke into his psychiatrist office but let's go back to it's twenty a lot of people like david house are following our experts footsteps to show this grand jury is just using scare tactics to keep citizens silent. and i feel that is trying to use the investigation to establish policies which will give the government broad censorship powers in determining how source information actually makes it to the head of the media i think every american citizen who hears ab

the pentagon papers. the government was saying one thing about seat national. well in all actuality, they were. in july, 1965 when president lyndon johnson already had sent troupes combat troops to vietnam but then a few days later, pretends to consult with his allies and advisers about doing so. >> so you compare it to sort of wikileaks. is there any lesson to be learned from these papers today? >> the primary leaker, one of he took away from it, his biggest regret was that he didn't come forward sooner. and he says to any future whistleblowers out there, he said don't wait until the bombs start falling. that was his message. and it sort of has some sort of parallels with, you know, private bradley manning and the whole wikileaks situation in that ellsburg himself was a service member who served in vietnam. he was considered very brilliant. and now you look today at private bradley manning, you know, the government says has caused incalculable damage to relation u.s. relations around the world. and other

the national archives are releasing the pentagon papers in full on the internet including more than 2000g pages. the papers showed that johnson and kennedy prior escalations in vietnam. >> and they are not happy in miami. fans of the heat and this rubbed it in more. congratulations, champs. the newspaper mistake up next. >> and staggering amount of money airlines are making to charge bags. >> and checking track on monday, looking at arey are, the approach to the toll plasa and things are moving northbound and starting to slow down. >> and if you are traveling this week, we have your national outlook. >> it looks great. tramping around the state and green lights in the country and great looking weather and we have thunderstorms and showers that developed in the denver area and south. no delays are being reported. a warm up begins today and only going to get warmer in the next two days, we'll talk about summer heat in a few moments . >> the hihit 101 in dallas but on the triple-digit tarpac - tarmac: >> the mavericks are the new nba champions. the dirk nowitzki and the mavericks return to

that he believes that the tactics the government is using and the manning case hail back to the pentagon papers investigation the tactics used that i want to play what he said. and i feel that is trying to use investigating as we keep peace to establish policies which will give the government broad censorship powers in determining how source information actually makes it to the head of the media i think every american citizen who hears about this we keep its friends here in alexandria should be concerned because i for one don't want to wake up every morning and read only how glorious the u.s. government is i want to media in this country that is a free for us it is healthy for the states and this nixonian grand jury behind me is chilling the prospect of every day it's going to be now we also commented on his own treatment specifically including the warrantless seizure of as a laptop and also on internet freedom more broadly in general here's what he said. i think there is harassment going on and i said before in this in reeks of the next only in tactics being used and it pentagon papers destitu

on the 40th anniversary of the leak of the pentagon papers, the government will finally officially release the secret study of the vietnam war. in 1971, portions of the papers began appearing in "the new york times." now the entire report will be unveiled with only 11 words remaining secret. >>> the u.s. open swings into gear in maryland. the tournament is the second of golf's four majors. it will feature 156 golfers although tiger woods will not be one of them due to an injury. >>> and happy birthday to both mary-kate and ashley olsen. the twin actresses turn 25 today. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." and finally here is a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. the very latest on the scandal surrounding congressman anthony weiner, as more photos emerge. >>> and the 10-year-old girl who wowed audiences last summer on "america's got talent" performs live in studio. and now keep it on this channel for continuing

. >>> the government releases the complete version of the pentagon papers today.actly 40 years after "the new york times" leaked portions of the top-secret study of the vietnam war. back then the judge stopped the printing. though the supreme court eventually gave it to the go-ahead. >>> seven republican presidential hopefuls converge on new hampshire today to debate. newt gingrich who's trying to put his campaign back on track after 16 senior staff resigned. >>> transit police officer in the san francisco bay area has been released from jail this morning after serving 11 months after the high-profile controversial killing of a passenger. >>> about 7,000 residents of eastern arizona are being allowed back home today after allowed back home e wildfirehat massive wildfire is still growing in parts of the state. air quality still remains a concern. >>> first lady michelle obama tapes a special episode of icarly today to promote support military families. >>> coming up later on "good morning america" -- a deep-sea treasure hunter searching for the body of osama bin la

. >>> the pentagon papers will be released in their entirety today. they were a top secret, 7,000 page study of the vietnam war prepared by the defense department and private analyst near the end of lyndon johnson's term, showed how the johnson and kennedy administrations escalated the war, misleading the congress, the public and u.s. allies. the papers were leaked to the "new york times" by daniel elsburg. in a landmark case the supreme court allowed "the times" and others to continue publishing the papers. the nixon administration tried to prosecute elsburg. >>> the u.s. navy intercepted a north korean cargo ship bound for myanmar. the "new york times" reported the ship was suspected of carrying illegal missile technology. it was stopped by a navy destroyer may 26th south of shanghai. the navy wanted to board the ship but was refused. the ship was forced to return to its home port. >>> in new zealand, a pair of earthquakes rocked the devastated city of christchurch. the quakes hit yesterday afternoon, the strongest measures a 6.0 magnitude. building

after that, a presidential historian talks about the significance of the so-called pentagon papers on the 40th anniversary of their being leaked to "the new york times," as well as the recent wikileaks documents releases. as always, your phone calls and questions starr >> connect with c-span on-line, with the latest schedule updates on twitter, continuing conversations on facebook, political faces. programming highlights on our youtube channel. c-span and social media. connect today. >> now, on "prime minister's questions," from the british house of commons, you will hear from ed miller band, who challenged prime minister david cameron on reforming the national health service and other. this is a little bit more than 30 minutes. but >> questions for the prime minister. jackie doyle-price. >> i am sure the whole house will join me in paying tribute to the following brave servicemen who have died in afghanistan since we last met. all of them were dedicated professionals serving our country. their deaths are a reminder of the very high price that we are paying to stop afghanistan from be

program and last time we spoke about my interview with the man who is famous for leaking the pentagon papers daniel ellsberg now despite the fact that ellsberg was called a traitor at that point that is later he's considered a national hero when comparing him to bradley manning we asked if twenty years from now we'll be calling manning a hero let's get some responses from our viewers from producer richardson assent to . events surrounding bradley manning in the documents he's suspected of leaking cannot be ignored by history it's become a complicated mix of national security morality personal tragedy and human freedom and a national and global scale when it's over and it's far from being over just yet how do you think history will look back a man exactions believe be remembered as a hero a traitor or a victim and facebook beyond believe he's already a hero bill martin told us being a soldier you give up certain rights when you raise your right hand and take your oath of service and making secret documents is not whistleblowing it's treason on you tube varian said bradley manning will be forg

government is trying to finish the job it started four years ago with the pentagon papers destination it is trying to find a matter to regulate journalism in media though domestically and internationally and i feel that is trying to use investigating its we keep each to establish policies which will give the government broad censorship powers in determining how source information actually makes into the hands of media and this as the legacy of leaked wiki leaks documents continues to prove its journalistic value one example the case of victor boot he's a russian man that america accuses of being an international arms dealer well as his legal saga in the u.s. continues our team is marina porton i have found some revealing details of the u.s. role in the case in some of those wiki leaks diplomatic cables here's what she found. he is the russian citizen america fought relentlessly to adopt it there but was secretly on swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely if found guilty on arms smuggling and terrorism related charges if you use and.

after that, presidential historian, robert kallek talks about the significance of the so-called pentagon papers on the 40th anniversary of their being leaked to the "new york times" as well as the more recent wikileaks documents releases. as always, your phone calls and questions starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern, "washington journal." >> this week on "newsmakers" senator lamar axe. thank you for being here. >> sometime later in the summer, the group that's led by vice president biden met again this week. do you feel that republicans and democrats are any closer than they were to coming to some sort of agreement on this? >> not yet, but we're going to have to agree. there won't be a debt ceiling increase unless we have some agreement on a significant reduction in debt. and that significant reduction is going to have to include entitlements. we have some of our best members of congress and the vice president in the middle of this. hopefully they'll come to a result. >> you don't see them getting any closer yet? >> i don't know, really, because they're not reporting their day-to-day negotiations, and

he will talk to us about some the classified -- declassified pentagon papers. crosses for watching this edition of "washington journal." we will -- thank you for watching this edition of "washington journal." ♪ >> next, "newsmakers" what lamar alexander. then the 11th circuit court hears oral argument challenging the health care law. then the confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee leon panetta. >> this week on "newsmakers," senator lamar alexander, republican of tennessee and the republican conference chair, the number three in republican leadership. thank you for being here. >> thank you for inviting me. >> of course we have our reporters here to help with questioning. julie hirschfeld-davis is the congressional reporter with bloomberg news and joseph schatz, senior writer with "congressional quarterly." julie has the first question. >> senator, republicans and democrats are negotiating over a debt reduction package that they hope can go along with that debt ceiling increase vote sometime this summer. the group led by vice president biden met again

. >>> a one secret report knownance the pentagon papers will be released -- known as the pentagon papers will be released in its entirety today. a military analyst first leaked those documents to the press in 1971, edited versions appeared in newspapers until a federal judge blocked their publication. the u.s. supreme court eventually overturned that federal judge's ruling. it was a major victory for freedom of the press. >>> 8:17. and vice president joe biden is in the news right now we're watching him here. he's talking about accountability. he's talk in washington right now we're watching him as he makes comments about accountability and the federal government and it's about the administrations's ongoing effort to make the government more accountable to the -- to american people. he will be talking about the recovery act and will have more details about -- about what the vice president has to say later on. >>> 8:18. the number of trips taken by members of congress in the first five months of this year are up sharply faired to previous years. that's dare dash compared to previous years

"new york times" published a first installment of the pentagon papers.h, watch, clip, and share, watch what you want when you want. >> "washington journal" continues. host: here is a headline in the business section of the quarter new york -- charles craver is here to walk us through it. what is the national in the labor relations board? guest: it is the government agency that regulates the national labor relations act, which provides private sector workers with the right to be in the union, to engage in collective bargaining, and also the right not to engage in such activities. they can strike, they can negotiate. they can avoid that. what the national labor relations board does, it is the administrative arm that enforces that statute. host: what do they decide? guest: they decide whether employers have forced employees, whether the union has failed to bargain in good faith, whether the employer has discriminated against employees in an effort to encourage, or in most cases, discourage members of been in labor union -- membership in a labor union. host:

. >>> a piece of history is being released this morning, ones explosive top secret pentagon papers will precisely 40 years after they were leaked to the "new york times." all 7,000 pages detailing america's conduct during the vietnam war will be unveiled at the lyndon b.johnson library as well as other presidential libraries including nixon's. most of secrets were spilled long ago but the leak of documents triggered a constitutional crisis over freedom of the press. >>> dallas mavericks are n.b.a. champs after winning their first championship series in franchise history. they took the series in six games. lebron james is taking the heat from critics this morning. he got off to a great start, scoring nine of 21 points in the first half but dallas fought back in the fourth quarter and dirk nowitzki lay in sealed the victory and in dallas the celebration was on. mavericks fans filled the streets. after the game about 5,000 people jammed into victory park in downtown dallas. you can bet there will be a big parade for the mavericks but no date has been announced. proof there is another sport

. >>> tomorrow the pentagon papers will be released 40 years after first published. the papers reveal government lies and mistakes in the vietnam war. portions appeared in the new york times on june 13, 1971. that triggered a constitutional crisis over freedom of the press. a federal judge blocked further publication, but eventually the supreme court struck down that ruling. 7,000 pages will be released with only 11 words remaining secret. >>> the intention was construction. the result was destruction. it seems a construction crew couldn't figure out how to get a hot tub around a home in shoreview, minnesota. so the crew tried to lift it over the home with a crane. but that plan had disastrous consequences when the crane smashed into the house, taking out much of the roof, the chimney and a fence. the homeowners were not talking. but the neighbors shook their heads in disbelief. >>> i pray for them that their house gets fixed because i know they just moved in. >> the crane company says there was a computer malfunction. [ music ] >>> think globally and act locally. wh

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. >> 40 years after they were first leaked, the federal government today released the pentagon papersense department study of u.s. involvement in vietnam revealed the deception employed by president's johnson, jfk and others as they secretly escalated the war. the defense department consultant daniel elsburg secretly took the papers and then gave them to the new york times for publication. they did. eclassified the government papers today. if you want to read them find the link on our website at ktvu.com. >>> looking to avoid pesticides when you eat your vegetables? the fruits and vegetables topping the new list known as the dirty dozen. >> these pictures into our newsroom the east bay teacher under arrest tonight on rape charges. [ music ] . >>> new at 10 tonight new reason to check your fruit and vegetables bins. a report out tonight list the 12 vegetables that tested highest for pesticide residue. live in alameda with a closer look at that report. janna katsuyama. >> reporter: well, heather this report found that one peach that was tested had 57 different pesticides. the report als

. >> 40 years after most of the pentagon papers were leaked to the public the secret government studyception in the vietnam war has been released on the internet including more than 2000 missing pages. 7000 page report really was the wikileak of its time in many respects. the papers showed that the johnson kennedy and prior administrations escalated the conflict in vietnam misleading congress the public and u.s. allies. >> nissan is advertise covering that producing an all electric car is a lot easier said than done. it had hoped to sell 20 thousands of these in the you this is year but so far only sold 2100 of them. as vl david lou reports some people have been waiting for a year to get one. >> this is a magic moment new car buyer save or. getting the keys to electric vehicle can involve a listening wait. >> it has been about a yearment year and some months. >>reporter: that's a long wai wait. >> yes it is. yes. i'm sure it's going to be worthy. >>reporter: on line discussion board indicate others who ordered the leaf last year also seen the delivery date pushed back month after mont

. >> 40 years after they were first leaked, the federal government today released the pentagon paperse top secret defense department study of u.s. involvement in vietnam revealed the deception employed by president's johnson, jfk and others as they secretly escalated the war. the defense department consultant daniel elsburg secretly took the papers and then gave them to the new york times for publication. they did. eclassified the government papers today. if you want to read them find the link on our website at ktvu.com. >>> looking to avoid pesticides when you eat your vegetables? the fruits and vegetables topping the new list known as the dirty dozen. >> these . >>> new at 10 tonight new reason to check your fruit and vegetables bins. a report out tonight list the 12 vegetables that tested highest for pesticide residue. live in alameda with a closer look at that report. janna katsuyama. >> reporter: well, heather this report found that one peach that was tested had 57 different pesticides. the report also lited produce that had -- listed produce that had the highest and the lowest p

. >>> and before there was watergate, wikileaks another whistleblower blockbuster there was a pentagon papersvietnam war. and monday the national archives will release all 7,000 pages to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the publication. back then whistleblower daniel elseberg leaked incomplete copies to the "new york times" revealing top government officials knew the conflict in vietnam was unwinnable. all right. back to new hampshire and my friend, don lemon. >> all right, richelle, thank you very much. >>> last night we told you about kirk murphy. kirk was just five years old when he was treated at ucla's gender identity clinic under a pseudonym to reveal his real name. the purpose was to eliminate kirk's feminine behavior and make her more masculine. the man who ran the study was george reichers. he calls the program a success. decades later the research done on kirk is still being cited by those who think kids can be prevented from becoming gay. that infewer yates kirk's family. they say the treatment that reichers called a success literally destroyed him. they want you to know what he

after that, the presidential historian talks about the significance of the so-called pentagon paperseir being leaked to the "new york times." as always, your phone calls and questions starting live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on monday's "washington journal." the senate gavels in at 2:00 p.m. they will vote on district court nominations in new jersey. they will begin work on economic development administration bills with a procedural vote scheduled at 2:15 eastern on an amendment to repeal several of them all-related tax provisions. follow the senate live on c- span2. the house also returns on monday. they are expected to resume work on 2012 spending for military construction and the veterans affairs department. there will be amendment debate and final passage vote for possible early next week. you can watch the house live on c-span. tonight, the senior justice correspondent for abc news. then on

receiving them, in which case he would be more analogous to "the new york times" that received the pentagon papers any awareness you're aware of that shows his connection to the government leak himself or was he merely a recipient of these documents, do we know yet? >> reporter: that, eliot, is the critical question. obviously the government will try and prove that he solicited these documents from the alleged leaker, bradley manning. if they can in fact prove that, it changes the legal situation significantly for julian assange. if bradley manning testifies, say, that julian assange solicited these materials, that would definitely be a dent in his legal armor. as you indicated, he will try and use the protection of the fourth estate and say that he is a publisher like "the new york times," like "the washington post" who merely received this information. increasingly the media is cooling to julian assange, so he's looking like the lone spartan at the battle of thermopoly and the greeks just joined the persians. >> thank you so much for the sneak peek. can't wait to see the full story. that's "wiki

after that, presidential historian rob dallek talks about the significance of the pentagon papers on the 40th anniversary of their being leaked to the of their being leaked to the "new york

>> 40 years ago, "the new york times," published the first installment of the pentagon papers. you can watch perspectives from historians and the people who made history. search, watch, share. watch what you want, when you want. the nuclear regulatory commission's inspector general issue a report that suggested that the chairmen withheld information from a regular -- from other commissioners and are to stop work on the yucca mountain repository. next, the house energy subcommittee will look at the at the issue and the management. >> the chair recognizes himself for five minutes. today, we take another step in understanding the management breakdown. i welcome our witness and i thank him for his professionalism. he started this review last october at the request of chairmen often. his work is thorough and timely. having read the entire report, i'm struck by three problems. first, the inefficiency. this is unbelievable that one week after the new policy act says that the nrc must either approve or deny the license application or formally notify congress as to why it needs more tim

vietnam that highlighted and chronicled the war from that administration it was known as the pentagon papers you remember. that publishing led to a supreme court case on the issue. and you can hear the oral arguments of that case, the "new york times" versus the united states, over the pentagon papers. you can find it on our c-span radio program. today at 6:00. and we will play you as far as the audio version of that is concerned, we'll play you those arguments. again, you can listen for it on c-span radio at 6:00. you may know that on monday there will be releasing of the full papers by various sources. this will fake place monday on the 40th anniversary of the publicication date of the papers. our guest will be historian robblet dollic to talk about the release of the papers and give some historical context as well. coming up next, we're going to talk about a new proposal by federal regulators when it comes to buying a house. it would require you to have at least 20% down. it would also limit you if you have a certain amount of debt that you hold. our guest from the "washington post." we'l

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. >>> 40 years after turning the first amendment into a battleground, the formerly top secret pentagon papers are being released today. the leaked vietnam war report triggered a landmark supreme court ruling in favor of press freedom after an attempt to stop "the new york times" from publishing it in 1971. >>> tonight mitt romney will face off for the first time against six of his republican rivals in a 2012 republican presidential debate in new hampshire. meanwhile, president obama embarks on a two-day domestic trip to push for more jobs and boost his own political profile today. >>> a strong series of earthquakes in christ church, new zealand, brought down two buildings today, including one of the few left standing after february's quake killed 181 people there. authorities say they have no reported injuries or deaths. >>> some hope in arizona as officials say crews battling the massive wildfires there have made a breakthrough. nns's -- nbc's tom llamas is in springerville, arizona. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. there are more than 4,000 people fighting the wallow w

host: what is the significance of the pentagon papers? guest: the significance is that it touched off an awful lot of feeling -- and doubts about the government. this is the sad part. when governments are seen as operating without regard for the well-being of the public, or operating in secret ways that should be out there for debate -- for dispute. if you're going to get into a war, some credit extended conflict that is going to cost the country -- some kind of extended, but that is going to cost the country blood and treasure, there should be some kind of debate. why do you call it the war? in iraq, 34,400 -- 4,400-plus american troops have died. tens of thousands of iraqi troops have died. that is war, that is suffering. i think it deserves the title, "war," and i think it deserves to be debated by people -- responsible people in this country. that is the nature of the system. host: robert dallek, thank you for your time. that is it for this edition of "washington journal." we will see you tomorrow morning at 7:00. [captioning performe