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clear and present danger

n. a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged; "no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety"

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Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger is a novel by Tom Clancy, written in 1989, and is a canonical part of the Jack Ryan universe. In the novel, Jack Ryan is thrown into the position of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Acting Deputy Director (Intelligence) and discovers that he is being kept in the dark by his colleagues who are conducting a covert war against a drug cartel based in Colombia.

Clear and Present Danger (film)

Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 American spy thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. It was preceded by the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October and the 1992 film Patriot Games, all three featuring Clancy's character Jack Ryan. It is the last film version of Clancy's novels to feature Harrison Ford as Ryan and James Earl Jones as Vice Admiral James Greer, as well as the final one directed by Noyce.

As in the novel, Ryan is appointed U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Acting Deputy Director, and discovers he is being kept in the dark by colleagues who are conducting a covert war against drug lords in Colombia, apparently with the approval of the President of the United States. The film premiered in theaters in the United States on August 3, 1994, and was a major financial success, earning over $200 million at the box office.

Clear and present danger (disambiguation)

Clear and present danger was a term used by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. concerning the ability of the government to regulate speech against the draft during World War I.

Clear and present danger may also refer to:

  • Clear and Present Danger, 1989 novel by Tom Clancy
  • Clear and Present Danger (film), 1994 film based on Tom Clancy's novel
  • " A Clear and Present Danger", episode of the third season of the TV series Heroes
  • "Clear and Present Danger", episode of the seventh season of the TV series Castle