Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers

Following a performance of the play Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, Victor Navasky moderated a discussion among principals o… read more

Following a performance of the play Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, Victor Navasky moderated a discussion among principals of the case about the original publication of the Pentagon Papers. They also responded to questions from members of the audience.

The panelists included Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the top-secret Pentagon Papers to The New York Times and The Washington Post, and set the stage for a historic showdown between the press and the Nixon administration over First Amendment rights and executive priveldge; Leslie Gelb, who was director of the Defense Department project that produced the Pentagon Papers, and who later served in a variety of posts in government and at The New York Times; and James Goodale, who as vice chairman and general counsel for The New York Times disagreed with outside counsel and defended the paper’s right to publish the papers.

The Columbia Journalism Review hosted a benefit performance of the play [Top Secret: The Battle close

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Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers

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Program ID:
292784-1
Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
Forum
Location:
New York, New York, United States
First Aired:
Apr 17, 2010 | 1:08pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:
Oct 25, 2010 | 3:27pm EDT | C-SPAN 3

Airing Details

  • Apr 17, 2010 | 1:08pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Apr 17, 2010 | 7:07pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Apr 18, 2010 | 1:07am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Apr 18, 2010 | 7:07am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Jul 31, 2010 | 11:25am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Jul 31, 2010 | 5:25pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Jul 31, 2010 | 11:25pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 01, 2010 | 5:25am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Oct 25, 2010 | 3:27pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
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