National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book Number 48 Posted on Tuesday, 5 June 2001 UPDATED 29 JUNE 2001 - The Secret Briefs and the Secret Evidence Edited by Thomas S. Blanton Compiled by John Prados, Eddie Meadows, William Burr, and Michael Evans NEW: The Secret Briefs and the Secret Evidence Expert commentary from Archive analyst John Prados Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions Streaming ...

Harry Kreisler interviews Daniel Ellsberg on 'Reflections on the Vietnam War: Presidential Decisions and Public Dissent' ...

The Pentagon Papers Gravel Edition Chapter I, Background to the Crisis, 1940-50 Summary INDOCHINA IN U.S. WARTIME POLICY, 1941-1945 Significant misunderstanding has developed concerning U.S. policy towards Indochina in the decade of World War II and its aftermath. A number of historians have held that anti-colonialism governed U.S. policy and actions up until 1950, when containment of ...

THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS by James C. Goodale James C. Goodale served as general counsel to The New York Times when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Times could continue to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers. In the following article, Goodale describes several Supreme Court cases in which First Amendment rights have been upheld, allowing the press to pursue its ...

GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES DURING THE PENTAGON PAPERS CASE. Q: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PENTAGON PAPERS FIRST. WHAT WAS YOUR INSTINCT WHEN SUDDENLY YOU'RE FACED WITH THIS DILEMMA THAT THE NEWSPAPER ASKS YOU ABOUT Goodale: With respect to the Pentagon Papers, you have to look at the law. That is to say the law that you can read in the case books. Then you have to ask about the law that ...