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Right, and bury freedom of speech along with it.
posted by
SlyCy
on June 28, 2006 at 6:52 AM
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Writer of Light, I was a news hound in college too, but the only thing I
Remember from the Daniel Ellsburg case was that Nixon was paranoid. In retrospect, we have the historical fact. Nixon was hooked on dangerous antidepressants and alcohol, which caused or worsened his paranoia.
posted by
kingmi
on June 27, 2006 at 1:03 PM
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Writer, what does Al Gore say? John Kerry? Hillary? Mark Warner?
Bill Richardson? I really want to know!
posted by
kingmi
on June 26, 2006 at 11:07 PM
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In a word - yes
Printing the story isn't treason, but it clearly runs afoul of the Espionage Act (and some other Act whose name I can't recall, but I do know that violating it is punishable by up to 10 years).
The really irritating thing is that the Times admitted that the program was legal, effective, and under congressional oversight, but they ran the story anyway. 10 years in a federal pound-me-in-the-arse prison should remind them that betraying national secrets during wartime is a bad idea, no matter how they feel about the current president.
posted by
AaronB
on June 26, 2006 at 8:47 PM
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