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GJR book review: Opening the Pentagon Papers

  • By Scott Lambert
  • October 1, 2013
  • 1 Comment on GJR book review: Opening the Pentagon Papers

BY SCOTT LAMBERT / Whistleblowers, leakers, and a battle between the working press and the government. James Goodale’s “Fighting for the Press: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles” tells a story that has just as much importance today as it did in 1972, when the battle for press freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

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