As someone who is cleared for national security information, I believe that it is the responsiblitiy of the press to publish national security information which has been leaked.
It is the responsibility of those entrusted with information vital to the national security to protect it. It's one of the mantras of NSA itself - Information is a Target: Protect it.
Journalists do not promise to protect that, whether citizens or not, and no one should expect them to do so. Thinking otherwise would be big-government, scary and un-American.
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As someone who is cleared for national security information, I believe that it is the responsiblitiy of the press to publish national security information which has been leaked.
It is the responsibility of those entrusted with information vital to the national security to protect it. It's one of the mantras of NSA itself - Information is a Target: Protect it.
Journalists do not promise to protect that, whether citizens or not, and no one should expect them to do so. Thinking otherwise would be big-government, scary and un-American.