“Had I been given The [Pentagon] Papers themselves that early, I would probably have become a prisoner of them—as it was, I had a good sense of the bureaucratic history [in them] as related by an expert, but I was… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
![“Had I been given The [Pentagon] Papers themselves that early, I would probably have become a prisoner of them—as it was, I had a good sense of the bureaucratic history [in them] as related by an expert, but I was also free to do several hundred interviews, not merely to flesh out the bureaucratic…” quote by David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/488/david-halberstam-9032_history_had-i-been-given-the-pentagon-papers-the_3054229.jpg)