Conceding Failure of Pentagon Papers Critical to WikiLeaks' Success Ending War.

The article analyzes the link between the failure of the Pentagon Papers and the new documents about war in Afghanistan revealed by WikiLeaks. It was observed that the Pentagon Papers contained high-level secrets about the Vietnam War while WikiLeaks has not shown anything that was not already known to the public. It is inferred that WikiLeaks has no major impact on the war in Afghanistan and that reporting will be focused on the drama of WikiLeaks and the suspected leaker Bradley Manning instead of the war issues.