Necessary secrets
Subtitle: national security, the media, and the rule of law
By: Gabriel Schoenfeld.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780393076486
Subjects: Freedom of information -- United States; Freedom of the press -- United States; Security classification (Government documents) -- United States; Official secrets -- United States; National security -- United States; Rule of law -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Without fear or favor?; title: Secrets of the founders; title: "Highly dangerous to the publick safety"; title: Clear and present danger; title: The black chamber; title: The price of impunity; title: The "patriotic press"; title: To the "ramparts"; title: Unnecessary secrets; title: Ellsberg's epigones; title: Black letter law; title: A war on the press?; title: The peculiar culmination; title: No matter the cost.