1973 Press Photo Pentagon Papers defendants Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo

As his co-defendant, Anthony Russo (right) listens, Daniel Ellsberg tells newsmen outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles today that the Pentagon Papers trial prosecutors were acting out "their contempt for the American people" by placing a movie screen between the trial principals and the press and public, seated at the back of the room. The judge ordered the screen moved and replaced with a smaller one along the wall.

Photo is dated 1973.

Photo measures 8 x 10.75 inches.