DOD ‘authorized leakers’ directive bodes ill for whistleblowers

David Codrea
Gun Rights Examiner
10/17/2013

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Congress must now be notified by the Pentagon “whenever a DoD official discloses classified intelligence to a reporter on an authorized basis, or declassifies the information specifically for release to the press,” Secrecy News reported Tuesday, citing a new Department of Defense Directive.

Per the Senate Intelligence Committee, “This provision is intended to ensure … these authorized disclosures may be distinguished from unauthorized ‘leaks’.”

Pointing out parallels and equivalence between “authorized leakers” and “Authorized Journalists” hardly seems unfounded. Extrapolating the same principle, it’s easy to envision Dianne Feinstein demanding special protections for “real leakers,” and Joe Biden envisioning how “legitimate news leakers” can help the administration advance its goals…

 

 

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Related: Glenn Greenwald: “The Most Shocking Stories Have Not Been Published”…Is This Why He Left The Guardian?

…The archives are so complex and so deep and so shocking, that I think the most shocking and significant stories are the ones we are still working on, and have yet to publish…

 

 

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