Right to Privacy
In this cartoon, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Herbert Block Herblock (1909–2001) criticizes President Richard Nixons administrations abuse of the right of privacy implied in the Bill of Rights. The title most likely refers to Nixons remarks at the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Dinner in New York City in December 1969: This is a candid, open administration. We believe in telling the truth about football and everything. Not long after, the U.S. Civil Service Commission admitted to having a Security Investigations Index with more than 10 million entries, and the armed forces revealed their surveillance of Americans involved in anti-Vietnam war activities.
In this cartoon, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Herbert Block Herblock (1909–2001) criticizes President Richard Nixons administrations abuse of the right of privacy implied in the Bill of Rights. The title most likely refers to Nixons remarks at the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Dinner in New York City in December 1969: This is a candid, open administration. We believe in telling the truth about football and everything. Not long after, the U.S. Civil Service Commission admitted to having a Security Investigations Index with more than 10 million entries, and the armed forces revealed their surveillance of Americans involved in anti-Vietnam war activities.