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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Page-turning account of watershed eventBy WoolfheadJames C. Goodale’s Fighting for the Press is a blow-by-blow account of the publication of the by and the ensuing litigation, written by one of the NY Times protagonists, who was at the time the in-house general counsel for the Times.The book is a page-turning account of the period of months over which the saga transpired. Goodale writes a brisk narrative, anchored by end-note citations to journalistic and legal sources. He does an excellent job of explaining legal issues for lay readers, but a familiarity with First Amendment law and jurisprudence is definitely a plus.The overall theme of the book is surprisingly melancholy. For Goodale, publication of the Pentagon Papers and the ensuing litigation, in which the Nixon administration fought to suppress the publication and punish the institutions and individuals involved, only to have the Supreme Court stand up in favor of publication, represents the high water mark of press freedom in the period since the end of the Second World War.In a few brief chapters at the end, Goodale charts the recent, increasing emphasis of the Executive Branch on government secrecy and the prosecution of those responsible for leaking . After 9/11, under Presidents Bush and Obama (the latter of whom campaigned for greater transparency) the government has pursued more and more alleged leaks of classified information. In the last chapter Goodale posits that Wikileaks is equivalent to the New York Times and that government prosecution is contrary to the First Amendment. It is a nostalgic but enlightening story.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Some things are worth fighting forBy Wick R. ChambersAs James Goodale shows in his first hand, behind the scenes account of the Pentagon Papers case, a free press is one of the things worth fighting for. The reason is important: the government does not always tell the truth. Sometimes, in fact, the government lies ... for the good, often for the national security of, the county. The job of the press is to give citizens the information they need to discharge their obligations as citizens. Having the right to vote implies that citizens ought to be well informed and thoughtful about who and what they vote for. No one in government would openly disagree with that. However, government finds it easier to protect the county - and itself - when citizens are out grazing (like sheep) or shopping. Goodale's book has an All The President's Men quality to it. It's a good, if disturbing read. Good because it is at times a page turning account of the legal maneuvering in the most important case in 's history. Disturbing because the Nixon administration came close to stopping the NYT from publishing a history of America's involvement in Viet Nam, a history that showed the government lied to the American people regularly over a long period of time. One wonders what would have happened had the government been forthcoming all along. Would a war have been averted? Would lives have been saved? Would citizens have rejected the domino theory if they had known more about US involvement in Southeast Asia? What if the press reporting during the run-up to the Iraq war had been better?Fighting for the Press would be a good present for law students and recent law school graduates. It's not about billable hours. It's about interesting, important lawyering. It shows how a small number of bright, courageous and independent using the law can make a huge difference in the nation's history. And it's an enjoyable way to be reminded why the First Amendment and freedom of the press are so terribly important to the nation's future. I'm buying one for my son.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Very interesting, entertaining; a little too on the anecdotal sideBy Hugh SansomFor an inside look at the dynamics at the New York Times in 1971 as the Pentagon Papers case unfolded, the book is excellent. But it almost reads like a diary. A lot of very short chapters that proceed chronologically and hit the major bases of the legal story. Comparatively little by way of insight into the law or and even less on issues of history. Nevertheless, solid and of interest to any concerned about press freedom under Obama.

Best Book of 2013 says , editor in chief of , in "Books of the Year 2013" New Statesman (U.K.): "Goodale is a passionate defender of First Amendment rights and his insider account of this crucial struggle is surprisingly racy - and extremely important." R. Alan Clanton, editor of the on-line Thursday Review, names it as one of "The 12 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2013." The New York Review of Books calls it "fascinating" (see "The Three Leakers and What to do About Them" by David Cole, Feb. 6, 2014)."The onslaught of government prosecutions of leakers, the continued controversy of WikiLeaks, and the explosion of the (NSA) surveillance scandal and the saga propelled Goodale's memoir "Fighting for the Press" to not only instantly relevant but also prescient." Roy Gutterman © Journalism Mass Communication Quarterly, Dec. 2013. "Goodale gives a fascinating blow-by-blow account of the legal arguments, personal rivalries, and inspired teamwork behind that famous defense, which started from the principle that there is nothing inherently illegal about publishing classified information." - © The Paris Review"An engaging work which underlines the importance of fighting for a free press. Without press freedom, informed public debate is curtailed and democratic accountability diminished." - Kofi Annan"The most detailed and honest inside account yet of the successful judicial fight to publish the Pentagon Papers by the uncompromising in the middle of it. Goodale and his colleagues won the right to tell the American people that their government - and their President - had lied, manipulated and cheated their way into a disastrous war . . . while the war was still being waged. This history could not come at a more important time." - Seymour M. Hersh"James Goodale is an American treasure and so is Fighting for the Press. This is a story worthy of John Grisham, except this one actually happened; it is fact, not fiction - and it's still unfolding." -Dan RatherOn June 13, 1971, the New York Times published on its front page a series of confidential documents outlining U.S. government policy on the war in Vietnam. These documents had been secretly leaked from the Department of Defense to reporters at the New York Times.There followed a period of intense debate, carried out in the board rooms of the newspaper, the offices of its legal counsel, and ultimately the law courts of the nation over whether or not publishing these documents would be in the country's interest. The June 30, 1971 Supreme Court decision was a landmark in the history of press freedom.James Goodale, chief counsel for the Times during the Pentagon Papers, tells the behind-the- scenes stories of the internal debates - legal, political, economic and corporate - and the reasoning behind the strategy that emerged. Goodale narrative follows those weeks in June when the press's freedom of speech came under its most sustained assault since the Second World War.This is the story of a constitutional victory whose lessons are as essential today as they were in the 1970s - and of the personalities involved, including a disillusioned intellectual, aggressive reporters, meticulous editors, a cautious publisher, a vengeful attorney general, a beleaguered president and, in the middle of it all, the lawyer who urged his clients to fight for the First Amendment.

"Journalists quickly discover that there are two types of lawyers in the building: those who worry about legal perils and those who look for ways to get the news out. Goodale, a longtime chief counsel for The New York Times, put himself firmly in the second category when the newspaper, in 1971, was offered a secret 7,000-page Pentagon study of America's long involvement in Vietnam -- the "top secret sensitive" Pentagon Papers. Goodale's engaging legal memoir finds its anchor in the question of "prior restraint" -- whether a court or a government may force a newspaper not to publish.... Goodale, though, had a unique vantage point, and gives a deeply informed, even gossipy firsthand look at the legal strategy as well as conflicts between editorial and business interests inside the offices of The Times. He anticipated that the newspaper's white-shoe law firm -- it had the prayerful name of Lord, Day Lord -- would oppose publication, citing the Act. Its refusal to stand by the newspaper was a decision that will live in legal infamy. The Pentagon Papers case gets the most attention here, but Goodale doesn't neglect other, still unsettled First Amendment fights concerning the protection of a reporter's notes and sources. He wrote his book before Edward J. Snowden raised again the sharp distinction between those who pass on state secrets and the journalists who receive them, but not before concluding that the Justice Department's aggressive pursuit of leakers and journalists got worse under George W. Bush and more so under . His book can be read as a warning flare."- Jeffrey Frank, THE NEW YORK TIMES Sunday Book © The New York Times August 16, 2013 From the AuthorAlan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian newspaper, has chosen "Fighting for the Press" as best book of 2013 in the New Statesman (U.K.). Rusbridger, who was compelled to testify before Parliament in December 2013 for publishing the N.S.A. leaks by Edward Snowden, cites the Pentagon Papers case in his testimony. (It is indeed a case for the ages.) Here's what he says in the New Statesman: "James Goodale's Fighting for the Press (CUNY Journalism Press, $20) is an account, by the New York Times's counsel, of the crucial Supreme Court battle 40 years ago for the right to publish the Pentagon Papers. The NY Times and Washington Post were accused of criminal treachery for publishing the trove of documents about the conduct of the Vietnam war. Nixon, determined to punish both newspapers for endangering national security, moved for prior restraint. The Supreme Court, by a 6-3 majority, voted that the papers should be free to publish - thereby making it almost impossible for news organizations to be censored in advance by governments. Goodale is a passionate defender of First Amendment rights and his insider account of this crucial struggle is surprisingly racy - and extremely important." - Books of the Year 2013, ©New Statesman, Dec. 3, 2013About the AuthorJames Goodale is a leading First Amendment lawyer currently at the law firm of Debevoise Plimpton. He is the former General Counsel and Vice Chairman of The New York Times and has represented the Times in all four of its cases that have reached the United States Supreme Court. He has also been called "the father of the reporters' privilege."He was a leading force behind the Times' decision to publish the Pentagon Papers in 1971. After the Times' outside counsel, Lord Day Lord, advised the Times against publishing classified information and quit when the United States Justice Department threatened to sue the paper to stop publication, Goodale formed a new legal team and directed a strategy that resulted in winning the Supreme Court case of New York Times v. United States. He started a communications law seminar at the Practicing Law Institute for continuing legal education, which he chaired for 35 years and is currently chairman emeritus. This seminar led to the creation of a First Amendment bar association for lawyers representing media companies. He has hosted and produced a half hour TV show Digital Age on WNYE-TV covering media and legal issues since 1996. He has written over 200 articles on media law and press freedom for many publications, including The New York Times, The New York of Books and .Goodale has taught for over thirty years at Yale, New York University, and Fordham Law Schools.His current book is entitled Fighting for the Press: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles, CUNY Journalism Press, April 30, 2013.

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