Schoenfeld, Gabriel.

Necessary secrets : national security, the media, and the rule of law / Gabriel Schoenfeld. - 1st ed. - New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2010. - 309 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and index.

Without fear or favor? -- Secrets of the founders -- "Highly dangerous to the publick safety" -- Clear and present danger -- The black chamber -- The price of impunity -- The "patriotic press" -- To the "ramparts" -- Unnecessary secrets -- Ellsberg's epigones -- Black letter law -- A war on the press? -- The peculiar culmination -- No matter the cost.

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Freedom of information--United States.
Freedom of the press--United States.
Security classification (Government documents)--United States.
Official secrets--United States.
National security--United States.
Rule of law--United States.

JC598 / .S36 2010

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