Ben H. Bagdikian, journalist with key role in Pentagon Papers case, dies at 96

During his tenure as national editor of The Washington Post in the early 1970s, Ben H. Bagdikian embarked on two secret missions under very different circumstances. First, he obtained the Pentagon Papers for The Post, physically delivering them to the home of then-editor Benjamin C. Bradlee. The publication of the papers ultimately resulted in a landmark Supreme Court decision concerning freedom of the press. After graduating from Clark University in Worcester, Mass., in 1941, Mr. Bagdikian began his newspaper career in Springfield, Mass. (The Washington Post, March 11, 2016)