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Freedom of the Press

The Pentagon Papers led to the most important #pressfreedom decision in the U.S. Supreme Court in the 20th century, which has provided broad protections to newspapers from government censorship ever since.

Read Justice Black’s stirring words: supreme.justia.com/cases/feder

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Freedom of the Press

The Pentagon Papers case is an important reminder that journalists publish official secrets all the time.

As overclassification continues to grow out-of-control, protecting that right has never been more important.

nytimes.com/2021/06/09/us/wash

Freedom of the Press

Last year, we launched a permanent chair in the honor of our friend and hero Daniel Ellsberg, who passed away on June 16, 2023, in order to continue his life’s work of exposing the secrecy system and enabling whistleblowers to speak freely.

freedom.press/news/in-honor-of

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