A federal official secrets act would go a long way to
preventing this sort of thing.
But it might have untoward consequences and would certainly
be unconstitutional – though, as to that, who really cares, eh?
So we leave it to the patriotism of the media to keep their
mouths shut.
But the media are competitive businesses and, like any competitive
businesses, will do all they lawfully can to beat each other out in the
marketplace, and will do their best to push that envelope, alter the law, and
even ignore it, from time to time.
After all, when weighing the public good against the demands
of successful business . . . .
Oh, and recall there is no constitutional or legal basis for
the journos’ claims they have some sort of privilege to conceal their sources.
They’re only hoping if they tell that whopper often enough
people will just finally throw up their hands and let them have their way.
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