It's within hundreds of top - secret files where he realizes just how far back this cover - up has been going on. (paulstriptothemovies.com)
Ellsberg spies a solution when he realizes he has access to dozens of volumes of secret files on the justification of the war, which he photocopies for eventual dissemination to the New York Times. (gonewiththetwins.com)
But just as she worries about legal clauses that could allow investors to decamp, her team of reporters, helmed by Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), come across the Pentagon Papers: the very same top secret files from Ellsberg that unmask severe governmental corruption. (gonewiththetwins.com)