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.