The difference between an intelligence apparatchik and a member of a crime syndicate is that the former draws pay from the public treasury, while the latter steals it. Secrecy is essential either way.
Government officials who want to act in secret, also want to arrest and imprison whistle blowers and publishers. The rest of us would like a little more transparency.
Historians of the First Amendment, and of press freedom in the United States, will see Washington’s effort to shut down …
On February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite declared during a television broadcast that the Vietnam war was not worth it. The effect of that statement on the country was unmistakable. People trusted his judgment, and had no reason to think he would say anything other than the truth. If he was a national father figure, he was also a national conscience.
Dissidents stand for freedom. Two of the greatest proponents of freedom in our time, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, are …
Jesse Walker has an interesting article in Reason today: The Age of Easy Leaks I’ll go straight to a point …
Britain arrested Julian Assange today. They are holding him without bail. Dianne Feinstein argues in the Wall Street Journal today …
The New York Times just published another article based on a trove of documents it received from Wikileaks. This one …
The Jeffersonian 