(4 vols) Relating to Freedom of the Press, Subpenaed Material Re Certain TV News Documentary Programs, Executive Privilege Secrecy in Government, Executive Classification of Information and Viewpoint

The 1970's were a time of disturbing disclosures of government secrecy and the efforts by the press to access information on behalf of the public, The Pentagon Papers, Watergate, revelations of often illegal CIA activities, etc. spurred the Congress into public and private hearings regarding freedom of the press. These volumes provide much of the detail from their investigations. The group includes: 1. Subpenaed Material Re Certain TV New Documentary Programs - Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce- House of Representatives, April 20 to June 24, 1971, Serial Nol. 92-16 2. Executive Privilege Secrecy in Government Freedom of Information- Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Committee on Government Operations and the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers and Administrative Practice and Procedure of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, April 10 to May 16, 1973, Volume 1 3. Executive Classification of Information - Security Classification Problems Involving Exemption (b) (1) of the Freedom of Information Act (U.S.C. 552) Third Report by the Committee on Government Operations. 1973 4. ABC News - Viewpoint- Freedom of the Press vs. Invasion of Privacy (report of a panel discussion chaired by Ted Koppel) 1982 All volumes are fine in printed wrappers. All appear unread, with no marks or damage at all. DG.…