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16. Which of the following statements accurately describes the Pentagon Papers? a. They revealed a shocking waste in military spending on the part of the federal government, which mostly had not been directed toward the Vietnam War at all. b. They were successfully suppressed from publication by the government and only came to light decades later during the 2000s when Nixon deemed enough time had elapsed. c. They put President Johnson's war policy in a more favorable light, revealing the true threats Americans had faced as he decided to declare war. d. They were first published by the government despite warnings from journalists that their source was unable to be verified, making them potentially untruthful. e. They revealed that the Johnson administration had deceived the public regarding war policy, especially regarding the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 1964.

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