Government Secrecy vs. Freedom of the Press
From the First Amendment Center:
If a line is to be drawn, where and why should it be drawn? That basic question was put to a group of scholars, lawyers and journalists in a workshop held at the First Amendment Center on July 20, 2006. The participants in that five-hour workshop, which focused primarily on the Espionage Act and the press, were Floyd Abrams, Scott Armstrong, Sandra S. Baron, Susan Buckley, Shelby Coffey, Ronald K.L. Collins, Robert Corn-Revere, Lucy Dalglish, Harold S.H. Edgar, Lee Levine, Mark H. Lynch, Paul K. McMasters, Jeffrey H. Smith, Geoffrey R. Stone and Stephen I. Vladeck.Stone agreed to prepare a working paper for the group and invited comments and criticisms. The goal was not to reach any consensus and incorporate such into the final report, but rather to critically discuss the subject and to present a variety of thoughts and options for him to consider. Hence, this report reflects the informed conclusions of Stone alone.