What information about the incident did president johnson withhold from congress and the american people?

The attack on the destroyer Maddox, on August 1964 by North Vietnam never happened.

Explanation:

The attack on the destroyer Maddox, on August 4, 1964 by North Vietnam never happened and president johnson withhold the information from congress and the american people until it was finally made public in 2007 when an official National ­Security Agency (NSA) history of signals intelligence (SIGINT) in Vietnam, written in 2002, was released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The incident is known as Gulf of Tonkin Incident.

answer:

the colonists had their reasons for creating a weak central (federal) government under the articles of confederation. not only did they create a weak federal government, they restricted the powers of the state governors because they were so concerned about the leaders abusing their power.