 
 
In his latest film, The Post,  Steven Spielberg deals with
The legal battle that raged
in 1971 between the administration of
the republican President, Richard Nixon, and the American Press following
the leak of the Pentagon Papers, which revealed
the involvement of the American Governments in Vietnam's affair since the WWII
and that they had no intention of  ending the war
that was raging there
When Nixon's administration prevents New York Time from publishing the papers
The editor of Washington Post, Ben Bradlee decides to get a copy
of the papers and publish it
But first he had to get the permission of the
the publisher Kay Graham
who was a friend of former Defence Secretary
Robert McNamara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The hostility of the incumbent president
Donald Trump towards the press instigated
Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep to make
The Post to remind people of the importance of
role of the press in safeguarding democracy
and defending the freedom that underpins it
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The editor of the Washington post Ben Bradlee
, which is portrayed by Hanks, was the engine
of the  campaign  of the freedom of the press
 
Ironically he was a former CIA agent
chasing whistleblowers
and a friend of Democratic presidents who also lied to the people
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bradlee obtained the truth from Daniel Elsberg
the military analyst from the defence ministry who was accused of
treason under the espionage act
and to this day, Elsberg still encourages government employees
to leak secret government documents
and he is an ardent supporter of Snowden
who leaked NSA documents in 2013
Would Bradlee accept secret documents from Snowden?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Snowden was also accused of treason
but by the administration of the democratic president Barak Obama
The friend of Spielberg, Hanks and Streep
who supported the democratic  candidate
Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump in the latest presidential elections
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Is the movie truly about defending the press or
a Hollywood warning to the incumbent president Trump?
because the press wins the battle against Nixon
and later delivers a knockout blow with the Watergate Scandal
 
which leads to his resignation from office
in 1974
Will Trump face a similar fate?
Sam Asi, BBC
