Perhaps it will bring you clarity to understand that the <i>first</i> place this information was published was <i>The Guardian</i>. [0] It&#x27;s a British <i>newspaper</i> that circulates physical papers, in addition to its Internet publication.<p>It&#x27;s <i>possible</i> that in <i>this</i> day and age no US papers would have picked up the story, limiting its impact in the US. However, a story this large and important <i>would</i> have been picked up in the 1970&#x27;s, just as the Pentagon Papers and other such stories were.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Guardian" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Guardian</a>