Top Secret - When Our Government Keeps in the Dark?

Klappentext What is the cause of the tension between the government and the press? This work explores not why this is happening! but whether the measures taken and suggested by the executive branch to prevent and punish the public disclosure of classified information are consistent with the First Amendment. Zusammenfassung What is the cause of the tension between the government and the press? This work explores not why this is happening! but whether the measures taken and suggested by the executive branch to prevent and punish the public disclosure of classified information are consistent with the First Amendment. Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Government Employees Chapter 4 Chapter 2. The Press Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Journalists Chapter 6 Chapter 4. The Journalist-Source Privilege Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Conclusion Chapter 8 Appendix I. The Statutory Framework Chapter 9 Appendix II. Timeline: The Espionage Act, Related Laws and the Press Chapter 10 Appendix III. The Espionage Act of 1917 Chapter 11 Appendix IV. The Pentagon Papers case Chapter 12 Appendix V. Selected Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey R. Stone, Stone Geoffrey R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2007
• EAN: 9780742558854
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5885-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Free Expression in America; Free Expression in America
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech