David Cole on whistleblowers: “History demonstrates that secrecy is used not only for legitimate purposes of national security, but too often to shield illegal or embarrassing activity from public scrutiny. Even the most ardent security proponent must concede that the benefits from revealing illegal abuses of authority will sometimes outweigh the costs of disclosing those secrets.… How should we distinguish legitimate from illegitimate leaks?”
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:56:55 +0000
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