The Pentagon Papers were originally made out of secrecy on illegal activities that were being ran by the government, at the time this papers come out to the public the whole country were outraged by what the decisions of the government during the Vietnam war such as “helping” their allies but for more of Americas benefits like expanding their army to take over parts of Vietnam and Laos . This was a of Daniel Ellsberg’s leadership because Ellsberg stood up for himself and publicly posted this files in The New York Times magazine. Therefore the American government has been systematically lied to public without any consequences and still is at current times without any regrets.