Neil Sheehan

Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan (October 27, 1936 – January 7, 2021) 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 U.S. 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.

This article is about the journalist. For the record label owner, see StandBy Records.
For other people named Cornelius Sheehan, see Cornelius Sheehan (disambiguation).

Neil Sheehan
Born
Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan

(1936-10-27)October 27, 1936
Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 7, 2021(2021-01-07) (aged 84)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
EducationHarvard University
OccupationJournalist

He received a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his 1988 book A Bright Shining Lie, about the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann and the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

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