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Re: Messy This is really at the heart of the matter and a great post.
Freedom of speech is one thing, there is no "freedom to post confidential information if one chooses".
You are right again on the channel for that information, if you have confidential evidence of a crime, there are the proper channels to follow...IE going to the proper authorities.
That being said, the only problem I see with this is that the crimes as witnessed and understood by "Deep Throat" about the Nixon administration were brought to the media, because the "proper authorities" were actually the problem. What would have happened if a judge stopped the newspapers from printing the "confidential" information? To that end isn't the website working in a sort of similar fashion, when the proper authorities do not do their job, the "bright lights" of the media are often the only thing that can expose corruption. | | |
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| said by AnonProxy:That being said, the only problem I see with this is that the crimes as witnessed and understood by "Deep Throat" about the Nixon administration were brought to the media, "Deep Throat" only told reporters where to look. He didn't provide specific documents. Even if he did, government works are not (or weren't back then) copyrightable. And, even if Deep Throat produced documents, the newspapers didn't publish them.
Personally I'm ok with publishing the documents. I just wouldn't cry about the outcome. It sounds like "being able to dish it out, but not take it."
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