"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
When Will the Government Stop Trying to Send This Reporter to Jail for Telling the Truth?
Submitted by Government Deni... on Mon, 2014-08-18 00:00
"Despite the court’s initial skepticism, the Justice Department convinced the Fourth Circuit to eviscerate reporter’s privilege in its jurisdiction. The case will no doubt have lasting and profound consequences for the public’s right to know about the government’s national security policy, as the Fourth Circuit covers Maryland and Virginia, where many of the nation’s best national security reporters live and work."
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"the public’s right to know about the government’s national security policy"
There is no such right, or any right at all. Don't you get embarrassed saying such patently untrue things?
http://strike-the-root.com/life-without-rights