“I think there is a very good chance of a prosecution” under the Espionage Act, said Washington lawyer Jeffrey H. Smith, a former general counsel at the CIA. “His actions are not those of a responsible journalist that would enjoy the protection of the Constitution. He solicited people to commit a crime by sending him classified information. And then he disclosed it on a transmission belt.”
How ridiculous is it that regardless of whether something is clearly wrong, conservative media groups will publish statements from people that are deemed to be “intellectual” just because they worked for the CIA or a higher organization. Enjoying the protection of the constitution as a “responsible” journalist does not mean censoring true happenings that might happen to be controversial. The protection of the constitution extends to all true information. Being informed with the truth is the only way to live comfortably in a society. Knowing that there is a completely different subculture that governs and has access to all of the secrets is a cause for deep concern.
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