On October 6, 1948, a U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress crashed
soon after takeoff, killing three civilian engineers and six crew
members. In June 1949, the engineers' widows filed suit against the
government, determined to find out what exactly had happened to
their husbands and why the three civilians had been on board the
airplane in the first place. But it was the dawn of the Cold War
and the Air Force refused to hand over any documents, claiming they
contained classified information. The legal battle ultimately
reached the Supreme Court, which in 1953 handed down a landmark
decision that would, in later years, enable the government to
conceal gross negligence and misconduct, block troublesome
litigation, and detain criminal suspects without due-process
protections.
"Claim of Privilege" is a mesmerizing true account of a
shameful incident and its lasting impact on our nation--the
gripping story of a courageous fight to right a past wrong and a
powerful indictment of governmental abuse in the name of national
security.
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