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Focuses on the implication of the disclosed Pentagon papers, which have been maneuvered by intelligence officer Daniel Ellsberg, for the administration of President Richard Nixon and the national security issues in the U.S. Opinion that pro-Democratic federal bureaucrats hostile to President Richard Nixon would be tempted to imitate Ellsberg and slip newsmen potentially embarrassing tips on domestic and national security policies; Views expressed by various politicians that this has been attempt to seal off any leaky spots in the government; Confirmation on future disclosures following the Ellsberg precedent; Impact of the administration's response on the Watergate investigation.

Reports on the role of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on domestic and foreign intelligence operations in national security. Inclusions of the undisclosed operations; Overview of the cases; Complications of the Plumbers' operations involving relationship with the CIA; Information that the White House was engaged in secret intelligence operations even before the publication of the Pentagon papers and other news leaks.

Focuses on policy decisions of the National Security Council (NSC) that led the U.S. into war with Vietnam. Reasons for the U.S. to the Communist attack on South Korea in June 1950; Comment on the foreign policy of the U.S. mentioned in NSC paper regarding Vietnam; Reports that in September, 1949, the Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb, about five years ahead of expectations by American and European experts; Observations on the new power relationship in the world, with the U.S. and the Soviet Union occupying the terminal poles.

Addresses the issue of the United States Senate's confirmation of Otto F. Otepka as a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB). Senators who voted in favor of Otepka; Link between the confirmation of Otepka and the reintroduction of the S.12 bill designed to set up a central security agency for all agencies of government, under the control of SACB; Alleged reasons behind the Senate's confirmation of Otepka's appointment despite Otepka's suspension from the State Department for allegedly passing confidential papers to Julien G. Sourwine, general counsel of the Internal Security subcommittee.

The article focuses on the case of U.S. government employees John Peters and Otto Nathan. Neither had the remotest connection with the military or the diplomatic security measures taken by this country. Neither aspired to any such connection. Peters' job was to hold in check the mange and the colic. The charge brought against him was that at some time in the past he had joined the communists. As for Nathan, all he wanted was a, chance to go abroad to check up on some of the papers of the physicist Albert Einstein. Nathan wanted to consult certain people who had worked with, Einstein in Europe.