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McNamara Says the Second Gulf of Tonkin Attack Didn’t Happen

compelled2283 · Interview · 4 min · 2008 · YouTube title: Gulf of Tonkin: McNamara admits It didn't happen.
Why it's here

HN commenters cite it as primary-source evidence that the public was misled about the second Tonkin attack.

What it covers

A four-minute extract from the documentary The Fog of War in which Robert McNamara discusses the Gulf of Tonkin incident. He acknowledges that the second reported attack did not happen.