The Pentagon Papers, containing 47 volumes and 7,000 pages, were revealed by Daniel Ellsberg, an US Marine Corps officer and an analyst. Ellsberg believed that “the war in Vietnam was unwinnable” and believed that the information contained in the Pentagon Papers about U.S. decision-making regarding Vietnam should be more widely available to the American public (Pentagon Papers, 1).” Ellsberg wanted to reveal the study in the public for he was frustrated with the escalation of the war by Nixon. Revealing the Pentagon Papers in the public exposed secrets the government tried to hide. One of the secrets was the “the administration of John F. Kennedy had actively helped overthrow and assassinate South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 (Pentagon Papers, 1).” This evidence showed the former presidents secrets and their wrongdoings such as Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Eisenhower during their presidency. The Pentagon Papers not only affected former presidents, it affected Nixon’s presidency as