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> “The Trump administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our nation’s national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country.”

That's what the government said when Pentagon Papers were released. Guess what happened.

But I guess time is different now, and today's supreme court isn't the same as the one in those days.





Yeah cases like this have already been settled years ago. Reporters and news agencies have the right to this information and to publish it if it is in the public interest.

The current Supreme Court has shown itself to be extremely comfortable overturning precedent from that era.



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