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Jillian Stirling's avatar

I am getting tired of the art of leaking. Some politicians use it to advance their agenda by undermining the process of government and the need for security. Then disgruntled employees of government use it to undermine their employers. We really don’t need to know everything all the time at the time of it happening.

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Billy Field's avatar

Maryanne notes "And history shows that no government, Left or Right, can resist the temptation to censor or punish dissent." Quite right! The hallmark of all dictatorships is they begin by "criminalising/imprisoning or murdering" folks for free expression - (and this frightens everybody to remain silent about terrible things). Really, this is just the same by THREATENING journos & anyone with "financial murder", "selective prosecutions" & "law-fare" eg. Mary Kosakidis. BTW it also corruptly enriches others from ridiculously long "legal" processes for years & years. Assange was never even charged and was effectively "detained" by use of "law-fared" for about 15yrs. These rules are further dangerous departures from rights of free expression in USA & our traditional "rights", which BTW, are defined as inalienable rights under The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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