I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the last thirty or forty years that my book deals with, I think we are in better shape now than we would have been if all…

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I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never...

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never...

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public...

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public...

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government...

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government...

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or...

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or...

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about...

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about...

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do...

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do...

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources....

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources....

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of...

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of...

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS...

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS...

The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was...

The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was...

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview...

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview...

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very...

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas,...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas,...

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest...

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest...

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at...

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at...

My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the...

My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the...

CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court...

CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court...

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I...

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I...

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about...

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about...