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Spielberg’s ‘The Post’: Good Movie, Bad History

Swing and a Miss

It has Spielberg, Streep, Hanks, and a rollicking great story, but the lawyer at the heart of the Pentagon Papers release says it just doesn’t have the facts on its side.

James C. Goodale
James C. Goodale
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Niko Tavernise
James C. Goodale

James C. Goodale

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