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INTERVIEWS

WATCH: New CN Live! — The Espionage Act & Julian Assange - Consortium News

Interview with James Goodale and  CN legal analyst Alexander Mercouris - December 3, 2021.

As we await the High Court decision on Julian Assange, join us Friday at 9am EST, 2pm GMT, and 1am AEDT for a deep dive into the Espionage Act & Official Secrets Acts and their impact on the Assange case.


Changing Landmark Libel Ruling Not a Solution to Disinformation, Lawyer Says | Voice of America ...
Voice of America July 14, 2021
James Goodale, who represented the Times in the 1964 case as well as in the Pentagon Papers and other prominent First Amendment cases, agrees ...


British Judge Blocks US Attempt to Extradite Assange From UK - Melissa Tuhus interviews James Goodale.  Between the Lines is a weekly news magazine, January 6, 2021.

Stunning How Few In US Care About threat Posed By Assange's Case - Shadowproof editor Kevin Gosztola Interviews James Goodale: Febuary 23, 2020


LAW AND DISORDER:: Attorney James Goodale on Julian Assange'S Arrest with Geoff Brady, Heidi Boghosian and Michael Smith, WBAI Pacifica Radio NYC: Monday April 15, 2019

MEDIUM.COM: Former New York Times Chief lawyer: Rally to Support Julian Assange - Even If You Hate Him.  James Goodale is interviewed by Trevor Timm June 14, 2019.

DEMOCRACY NOW - James Goodale is interviewed  by Amy Goodman on 'Fighting for the Press' from Nixon to Trump, June 18, 2019

 
ON THE MEDIA - James Goodale is interviewed by Bob Garfield on the Assange indictment and the 50-year old war on journalism. WNYC TV, May 23, 2019.

 

FRONTLINE - NEWS WARS PARTS 1 & 2
Secrets, Sources and Spin
with James Goodale  

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/view/

In Part I James Goodale
appears in sections 5, 6 and 7


Frontline Interview with James Goodale
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/interviews/


 
ACCESS SACRAMENTO: James Goodale is interviewed by Myrna Lim on the US case against Julian Assange, publisher and journalist. June 2019.

 
THE INTERCEPTED: James Goodale is interviewed by Jeremy Scahill about Julian Assange. April 30, 2019, Cue: 32:21.

 
YALE UNIVERSITY presents James Goodale with the George H.W. Bush '48 Lifetime of Leadership Award, Nov. 20, 2015. 

 
The Pentagon Papers: Fortifying Democracy Through A Free Press - Bridget Bernardo winner first place in Junior Division, National History Day
 

 
THE JIM ENGSTER RADIO SHOW LIVE - WRKF 89.3, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 4, 2013
Jim Engster interviews James Goodale on "Fighting for the Press" and the 50th Anniversary of NYT v. Sullivan.  James Goodale was the NYT lawyer on that case in 1964.

 
THE NEW YORK TIMES CLOSE UP - NY1 News, March 2 & 3, 2014. On “The New York Times Close Up,” an inside look at the most compelling articles in Sunday’s Times, Sam Roberts will speak with The Times’s Bill Keller, Anthony Tommasini, Al Baker and Eleanor Randolph; and the lawyer James Goodale. 

 
THE BIG PICTURE Thom Hartmann TV Program Dec., 13, 2013. Conversation w/Great Minds p1 - James C. Goodale - Pentagon Papers. Conversation w/Great Minds p2 - James C. Goodale - Media Shield Law

 
STEEL TALKIN' WCCO RADIO CBS MINNESOTA, Oct 13, 2013.  James Goodale, the man who argued the Pentagon Papers case for the NY Times joins Moose Miller to discuss his career in journalism law, his book "Fighting For the Press" and the current state of Journalism, the recent NSA stories, and the press' relationship with President Obama

Media
CBS Minnesota, STEELE TALKIN' with James C. Goodale and Moose Miller
 
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO  NEWS PRESENTS, Oct 21, 2013. The Daily Circuit with James Goodale "Pentagon Papers lawyer sees 'Obama as worse than Nixon."

 
RADIO TIMES WITH MARTY MOSS-COANE WHYY RADIO October 11, 2013. The inside story of freedom of the press and the Pentagon Papers. James Goodale is interviewed by Marty Moss-Coane

 
JAMES GOODALE ANNUAL SILHA SPEAKER KFAI RADIO MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL, Oct. 16, 2013.  On the evening of Oct. 16th, the annual Otto Silha Lecture at the University of Minnesota features James Goodale, author of a book called "Fighting for the Press: the Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles."  James Goodale talks with Will Wright

 
HUFFPOST LIVE Sept. 19, 2013. "The Outrageous NSA Opinion," James Goodale is interviewed by Josh Zepps on the FISA court opinion released Sept. 17, 2013

 
RICHARD HEFFNER'S OPEN MIND, FIGHTING FOR THE PRESS, Oct. 12, 2013,  WNET/Ch. 13 PBS.James Goodale discusses "Fighting for the Press" with Richard Heffner.

 

MAJORITY REPORT with Sam Seder, NBC Universial Fm Radio, August 14, 2013.  James C. Goodale: Fighting for the Press.


 

THOM HARTMANN PROGRAM (Radio) August 7, 2013. James Goodale talks with Thom Hartmann
Who is the Press and is it Free? 


 

AMERICA'S NEWS RADIO July 24, 2013 Mid-Morning Edition, In Cue: 54:02, James Goodale is asked about keeping a balance between security and a free press, Rep. Ron Wyden's comments, House vote on an amendment to the NSA., and James Risen.


 

PACIFICA  RADIO FLASHPOINTS at 5:00 p.m.July 23, 2013. James Goodale interviewed by Dennis Bernstein on Fighting for the Press in the daily investigative news magazine Flashpoints. 


 

ON POINT - WBUR, BOSTON June 24, 2013. "NSA Leaker Edward Snowden on the Run" - with guests, James Goodale, First Amendment lawyer and former chief counsel for the New York Times; Mark Mazzetti, New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and William Banks, Director of Institute of National Security and Counter Terrorism


 

LISTENING POST Al Jazeera, June 17, 2013.  "Bradley Manning: Truth on Trial?" The Listening Post dissects this story with Alexa O’Brien, a freelance journalist; James Goodale, a first amendment lawyer; Suzanne Nossel, the executive director of the Pan American Centre; and Chase Madar, the author of The Passion of Bradley Manning.


NEW FOCUS RADIO WWUH 91.3 FM Hartford, CT Fri Noon-12:30pm and Wed at 8:30 PM. James Goodale with Mike de Rosa on Leakers and the First Amendment PT I, June 6, 2013. Leakers and the First Amendment PT II, June 14, 2013


 

YOUR WORLD - FOX NEWS June 3, 2013. "NYT's lawyer during the Pentagon Papers says Holder should resign." James Goodale weighs in with Neil Cavuto


 

THE LEONARD LOPATE SHOW May 28, 2013. The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles


 

ALABAMA PUBLIC RADIO Orignally published May 29, 2013. "Fox Dispute Justice Department Stand on Subpoena" by David Folkenflick with James Goodale et al and host Renee Montagne


 

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S MORNING EDITION May 29, 2013.  "Fox Disputes Justice Department's Stand on Subpoena" David Folkenflick interviews James Goodale and Walter Pincus


 

DIGITAL AGE NYC TV/Ch. 25 at 5:00 p.m. EDT June 2, 2013. Is Obama Worse Than Nixon When It Comes To Press?  James Zirin talks to James Goodale


 

NYTEXAMINER June 13, 2013. "NSA 'Prism' Leak in Context. Chris Spannos interviews James Goodale


 

RT LIVE - RUSSIA TODAY May 26, 2013. "Any President Who Messes With National Security Will Be In Deep Yogurt" RT's Marina Portnaya talks to James Goodale


 

HUFFPOST LIVE May 23, 2013.  "Former NYT Lawyer Hammers On Press" James Goodale.  Hosted by Alicia Menendez and Marc Lamont Hill


 

THE WAR ROOM, AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, INSIDE STORY AMERICAS - May 21, 2013.
Is Obama Squeezing Media Freedom? James Goodale and Julian Sanchez


 

REUTERS TV Is Obama worse for press freedom than Nixon: Goodale (6:57). James Goodale is interviewed by Sir Harold Evans, May 16, 2013


 

DEMOCRACY NOW! May 17, 2013. "Obama Worse Than Nixon? Pentagon Papers Attorney Decries AP Phone Probe, Julian Assange Persecution" - Democracy Now is a daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González and guest James C. Goodale,


 

CBC Radio - May 15, 2013. AS IT HAPPENS with Carol Off and Jeff Douglas Wednesday:  AP Phone Records and more


 

TALK RADIO Lanigan and Malone, Friday, April 12, 2013,  WMJI Radio (Cleveland OH). James Goodale calls in to talk about "Fighting for the Press: The Inside of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles"


 
 
Click for WNYC radio interview on June 30, 2011  Pentagon Papers Legacy and WikiLeaks. Brian Lehrer, of WNYC radio, interviews James Goodale on the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Pentagon Papers.   James Goodale led the case for The New York Times in 1971 and won.  This First Amendment decision will hold forever:  the government cannot restrain the press from publishing (censorship).

 

Interview on WHYY Radio Times with Marty Moss Cowain, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 about the declassification of the Pentagon Papers on the 40th anniversary of their publication, June 13, 2011. Click here for the entire one hour interview with Daniel Ellsberg, Leslie Gelb and James Goodale.


Media
Click sound icon for James Goodale's interview on the Pentagon Papers, WHYY radio
 

SPEECHES AND Q & A

The Pentagon Papers at 50: A Special Report
AND
The Pentagon Papers: An Oral History 
THE NEW YORK TIMES - JUNE 13, 2021

"The Pentagon Papers at 50" - CATO DAILY PODCAST, CATO INSTITUTE, June 11, 2021
Host Caleb O. Brown, Speakers Julian Sanchez and Patrick G. Eddington

Assange Extradition and the War on Journalism - a panel with James Goodale, Daniel Eldrige and Chris Hedges, moderated by Sue Udry and posted by Popular Resitance, September 10, 2020.

CONVERSATIONS WITH JIM ZIRIN - James Goodale - Is "The Post" Historically Accurate or Fake News?".  CUNY TV, NYC, February 26, 2018.

CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW, The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers - conversation with James Goodale and Jeremy Scahill; moderator Prof. Ruthann Robson.  November 6, 2917.

SILHA CENTER FOR MEDIA ETHICS & LAW, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA,  School of Journalism & Mass Communications, 2013 Silha Lecture, Oct. 16, 2013. The Lessons Of the Pentagon Papers: Has Obama Learned Them? by James C. Goodale

 
NYTIMES EXAMINER Interview with James Goodale by Chris Spannos
Taped June 13, 2013; posted Nov. 15, 2013. "Fighting for the Press" with James Goodale,  PT I

 
THE COMMON GOOD June 19, 2013.James Goodale "Fighting for the Press" at the Common Good

 
2013 CHICAGO TRIBUNE PRINTERS ROW LIT FEST , C-SPAN Sunday, June 9.  Book Discussion on Fighting for the Press Edward Lazarus, Executive VP/ General Counsel Tribune Company with James C. Goodale

 
Media
WikiLeaks Press Conference Call with Julian Assange, Thomas Drake, Daniel Ellsberg, Alexa O'Brien and James Goodale. June 19, 2013
 
IT'S RELEVANT, May 23, 2013.  Author Exposes Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers
Goodale Speaks at Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT.

 
CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND, Webcast, Podcast. James C. Goodale discusses his experiences as a leading First Amendment Lawyer, including the highly publicized Pentagon Papers case, at the City Club of Cleveland, the citadel of the First Amendment, April 12, 2013

Media
Goodale's speech on WikiLeaks and the Press for the Yale Alumni Journalism Association at Debevoise & Plimpton on October 9, 2011
 
FINANCIAL SURVIVAL NETWORK, West Palm Beach, June 6, 2013. "The Press is Under Government Attack", Host Kerry Lutz with James Goodale.

 

 
SHOULD THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECT WIKILEAKS?  Lecture by James Goodale at Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, Florida - April 19, 2012.

 
PERSONAL DEMOCRACY FORUM AND NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, WikiLeaks and The Law, March 21, 2011.  Panelists: James C. Goodale, Geoffrey Stone, Gabriel Schoenfeld, Yochai Benkler,  Moderator: Micah Sifry.  Introduction: Trevor Timm
 

 
 
THE COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW AND THE PLAY "TOP SECRET: THE BATTLE FOR THE PENTAGON PAPERS"  Panel Hosted by CJR March 16, 2010.  The Columbia Journalism Review hosted a performance of the play "TOP SECRET: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers" by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons, originally produced by LA Theatre Works in 2010.  After the play, a talkback panel took place on stage between Nicholas Lemann, James Goodale, Leslie Gelb and Daniel Ellsberg. It was moderated by Victor Navasky.  
Watch the complete panel, including a Q&A at the end featuring Carl Bernstein, Amy Goodman, Peter Osnos, Geoffrey Cowan and Steven Haft.



 
U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, Posted October 25, 2007."The Father of the Reporter's Privilege."
James Goodale discusses Judith Miller and the proposed federal shield law.  Interview with Nikki Schwab,



 
JAMES GOODALE PASSES THE TORCH at PLI Communications Law Conference
- by Floyd Abrams, MLRC Media Law Letter, November 2007



 
AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW - KEYNOTE SPEECH by James C. Goodale,
Click to hear James Goodale's "fight like tigers" speech.  American Journalism Review, the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, hosted a conference April 2 and 3, 2006, at the University of Maryland called "The End of Confidentiality? Journalists, Sources and Consequences."



 
JAMES GOODALE'S SPEECH FOR 30th Anniversary of Release of Pentagon Papers 
A Symposium for the 30th Anniversary of Release of Pentagon Papers was sponsored by Vietnam Veterans of America on June 5, 2001.