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backscatter712

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13. Leaked or whistleblown info has always been considered under the protection of the 1st Amendment.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 01:41 PM

Nov 2013

Perhaps the leak of such info by Snowden was a crime, but Snowden no longer has the info, the press does. The publication and activities around the publication of that info by members of the press has always protected by the First Amendment and equivalent press protections in free countries.

To compromise such protections is to compromise liberty itself.

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1984 Arrives: UK cops officially detained David Miranda for thoughtcrime [View all] kpete Nov 2013 OP

That's not terrorism. That's blackmail. Hypothetical blackmail. DetlefK Nov 2013 #1

Well, clearly, the government is terrified. nt bemildred Nov 2013 #2

So the disclosure of the truth is terrorism. Savannahmann Nov 2013 #3

DURec leftstreet Nov 2013 #4

+1984. jsr Nov 2013 #5

Where is the full text of the charging document? Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #6

So if we read what they write, does that mean we're terrorists too? progressoid Nov 2013 #7

Yours is 1984 double speak. Miranda was in possession of Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #8

The OP directly quoted the "Port Circular Notice" used to justify the detainment of Miranda. bvar22 Nov 2013 #9

For fuck's sake. gcomeau Nov 2013 #10

"infludence a government": Doesn't that cover voting, reporting, lobbying, campaign contributions+ ? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2013 #11

As E.Y. Harburg put it in 'Rhymes for the Irreverent'... LeftishBrit Nov 2013 #12

Leaked or whistleblown info has always been considered under the protection of the 1st Amendment. backscatter712 Nov 2013 #13