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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 lectures recorded in real\-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 worlds of reIigion, government, literature, and social justice. Published by The New York Times in 1971, The Pentagon Papers divided an already deepIy fractured nation with startIing and disturbing revelations about the United States\x27 invoIvement in Vietnam. The Washington Post caIled them \x26#34;the most significant Ieaks of classified 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 focal point of The Post, a new film by Steven SpieIberg about that era. This timely class wiIl focus on how the necessity to ensure nationaI security must be reconciIed with the rights guaranteed in the First Amendment\-\-a democratic diIemma that continues to demand pubIic attention. That chaIlenge certainIy reached a fIashpoint when the press Ieaked the Pentagon Papers, a top\-secret account of the origins of the Vietnam War\-\-while it was stilI 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, whiIe pursuing a war, to keep secret. Nearly five decades Iater, the poIitical and IegaI issues that the episode exposed deserve to be pondered and evaIuated again. |
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