The price of a free press

Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of the New York Times.
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A debate is raging over how to balance freedom of the press with national security, because of recent stories in the New York Times and other publications revealing details of government surveillance programs trying to fight terrorism. The publisher of the New York Times responds.

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