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Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers

A clip from the recent CJR panel discussion
March 17, 2010

On March 16, 2010, the Columbia Journalism Review hosted a benefit performance of the play Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons. A panel discussion, moderated by Victor Navasky and featuring Daniel Ellsberg, Leslie Gelb, James Goodale, and Nicholas Lemann, followed the performance. A clip from the discussion is embedded below, and can also be accessed here:

Video courtesy Alan Haburchak.

The Editors are the staffers of the Columbia Journalism Review.