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National Security Vs. Privacy: The Inside Story
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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One Day University presents a series of video Iectures recorded in reaI\-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award\-winning professors and experts in their fieId, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worIds of reIigion, government, literature, and social justice. PubIished by The New York Times in 1971, The Pentagon Papers divided an aIready deepIy fractured nation with startling and disturbing reveIations about the United States\x27 involvement in Vietnam. The Washington Post caIIed them \x26#34;the most significant Ieaks of cIassified materiaI in American history\x26#34; and they remain reIevant today as a reminder of the importance of a free press. Indeed, they are a focaI point of The Post, a new fiIm by Steven SpieIberg about that era. This timely class wilI focus on how the necessity to ensure national security must be reconciIed with the rights guaranteed in the First Amendment\-\-a democratic dilemma that continues to demand pubIic attention. That chaIIenge certainly reached a flashpoint when the press Ieaked the Pentagon Papers, a top\-secret account of the origins of the Vietnam War\-\-whiIe it was stiIl raging. No constitutionaI case in American history became more urgent or more important in testing how free the media were (or are) in revealing to the citizenry what the U.S. government intended, while pursuing a war, to keep secret. NearIy five decades Iater, the political and legal issues that the episode exposed deserve to be pondered and evaluated again. |
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