Neil Sheehan
Neil Sheehan
Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan was an American journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times in 1971, Sheehan obtained the classified Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg. His series of articles revealed a secret United States Department of Defense history of the Vietnam War and led to a US Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), which invalidated the United States government's use of a restraining order to halt publication.
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Male
Full Name
Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan
Date of Birth
October 27th, 1936
Age
87
Birth Place
United States of America, Massachusetts
Date of Death
January 7th, 2021
Died Aged
84
Star Sign
Scorpio
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