Neil Sheehan Forced an American Reckoning Working with the reporter who obtained the Pentagon Papers for The Times, I saw firsthand his moral fervor about the people’s right to know the truth. By Hedrick Smith Mr. Smith was part of the team, including Neil Sheehan, that won a 1972 Pulitzer Prize for publishing the Pentagon Papers. Jan. 8, 2021 Neil Sheehan at his home office in 2009.Credit...Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times WASHINGTON — “It looks like a coup,” Neil Sheehan said. “I’ll call Mordecai. He’ll know whose tanks those are.” It was Saigon, January 1964. I had ju...