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Liberty at stake in press and government clash of 1960s
A columnist argues that the U.S. press and government guard liberty differently and clash over secrecy and disclosure. He traces conflicts from the Bay of Pigs to the Pentagon Papers, noting leaks, censorship pressures, and the public’s ultimate role in defining liberty. The piece cites Nixon, Kennedy, Eisenhower era events, and quotes on press freedom.
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America
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Congress
People
New York Times
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Turner Catledge
Indochina
Laos
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Washington Post
Pentagon
Supreme Court
Pririt
Daniel ‘“Ellsberg
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Jack Anderson
Bangladesh
Andersen
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Leslie Whitten
Arthur Sylvester
Defense
Sylvester
Great Britain
Zechariah Chafee
Vietnam
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Nixon
General Accounting Office
Ellsberg
Johnson