Decades After the Pentagon Papers, the Press Is Still Under Assault

Decades After the Pentagon Papers, the Press Is Still Under Assault

New York Times Vice President and General Counsel James C. Goodale at his arrival at federal court in June 1971, answering charges brought against the New York Times over the publication of the so-called Pentagon Papers. (Davis/AP) This week's revelation that the Department of Justice has secretly obtained Associated Press telephone records from 2012 reaffirms the argument made by venerable First

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