The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go to jail, should CBS in effect tell the producer go to jail even though there is no law…

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It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

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 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...

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that...

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that...

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....

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 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 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,...

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...

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...

I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the...

I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the...

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...

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...

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It...

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It...

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute...

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute...

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...

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...

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing...

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing...

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...