THE RIGHT TO KNOW VS. THE NEED TO KNOW

Abstract

The area to be analyzed in this thesis is one of the most important, pervading, and current themes of today. The problems of censorship in a free society, particularly in light of the nature of the insidious Communist threat, require a delicate and continual balancing of the necessity for our government to withhold certain information which would, if released, be detrimental to our national interests and/or defense, and the right of the public to know those facts that are essential to government by the informed consent of the people. As is true of many of the most important questions of our time, there is no formula, no pat answer, and no ''standard operating procedure'' for this matter, but there is the necessity for striking a balance in the field of government information practices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0416358

Entities

People

  • Sheldon I. Godkin

Organizations

  • Boston University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Public Relations
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology
  • Government and Public Administration Law.