Cases Quote by Alan Dershowitz

It's very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don't seem to realize that…

— Ben Bradlee

I’ve been an investigative reporter for a long time, and almost always, the government says that [‘you can’t publish that because of the national…

— James Risen

There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.

— Noam Chomsky

National security is a really big problem for journalists, because no journalist worth his salt wants to endanger the national security, but the law…

— Ben Bradlee

“One of its analysts was Daniel Ellsberg, who at the time was back in the States compiling the report that—after he leaked it to…

— Mark Bowden

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the 'The New York Times' and…

— Floyd Abrams

In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material, and that definitely…

— Daniel Ellsberg

“Certain documents, such as the FISA court order allowing collection of telephone records and Obama’s presidential directive to prepare offensive cyber-operations, were among the…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Although, approximately 2,800 of the Kennedy assassination documents have been released, only 52 files have not been previously seen. It comes as no surprise…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba

After a decade of war you have this Pentagon-military apparatus run amok using resources that they shouldn't be to try to manipulate U.S. public…

— Michael Hastings

Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with the journalists,…

— Edward Snowden

“A careful analysis of the September 11th attacks reveals that deficiencies in U.S. intelligence collection and information sharing, not immigration laws, prevented the terrorists’…

— Bill Ong Hing