Geoffrey Cowan
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English
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The original version of LATW's groundbreaking docudrama about the Pentagon Papers, the infamous classified documents about US involvement in the Vietnam War, and how The Washington Post fought the government to publish them.
Includes a 1991 panel discussion with journalists Ben Bradlee, Peter Braestrup, Robert Maynard, Carla Robbins, Robert Scheer, and George Wilson.
Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica...
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English
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When a newspaper acquires top secret papers from the Pentagon, they decide to publish them. As a result, the public is made aware of a shady study about U.S. participation in the Vietnam War. The First Amendment is tested when the public's right to know clashes with the government's urge for secrecy.