Kofi Annan blurbs our Pentagon Papers book

“An engaging work which underlines the importance of fighting for a free press. Without press freedom, informed public debate is curtailed and democratic accountability diminished.” Kofi Annan

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is the latest boldfaced name to herald upcoming publication of “Fighting for the Press,” longtime New York Times general counsel James Goodale’s look back at the Pentagon Papers case, and his fast-forward to how the Obama administration is in some ways worse than the Nixon administration in terms of freedom of the press.