9. IMO this falls under the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. I believe that
Edited on Wed Feb-22-06 10:42 AM by WePurrsevere
the courts have addressed this type of issue in the past and agreed, e.g The Pentagon Papers I believe.
IMO part of the job of the REAL press is to report things that the government tries to hide under the veil of national security that are in fact no such real risk or the need and right of the the public to know outweighs that risk.
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