 The Supreme Court ruling has been called one of the "modern pillars" of First Amendment rights with respect to freedom of the press.In response to the leaks, Nixon White House staffers began a campaign against further leaks and against Ellsberg personally.Aides Egil Krogh and David Young, under the supervision of John Ehrlichman, created the "White House Plumbers", which would later lead to the Watergate burglaries.