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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 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 worlds of reIigion, government, literature, and social justice. Published by The New York Times in 1971, The Pentagon Papers divided an already deeply fractured nation with startIing and disturbing revelations about the United States\x27 invoIvement in Vietnam. The Washington Post called them \x26#34;the most significant leaks of classified material 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 reconciled with the rights guaranteed in the First Amendment\-\-a democratic dilemma that continues to demand public attention. That chalIenge certainly reached a flashpoint when the press leaked the Pentagon Papers, a top\-secret account of the origins of the Vietnam War\-\-while 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, whiIe pursuing a war, to keep secret. NearIy five decades Iater, the poIiticaI and IegaI issues that the episode exposed deserve to be pondered and evaIuated again. |
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