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"according to a four-page budget memo obtained by The Washington Post." Why not share that memo with the public since they have it? How is the public interest
by Gargoyle 10y ago
"according to a four-page budget memo obtained by The Washington Post."
Why not share that memo with the public since they have it? How is the public interest served by not sharing it?
- Analemma_ 10y agoThe White House is desperately trying to crack down on leaks: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/03/03/us/politics/03reuters-usa-trump-secrecy-exclusive.html https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/03/03/us/politics/03reu..., to the point of demanding aides hand over their phone to check that Signal is not installed. It's entirely possible the Post and/or whoever leaked the memo is suspicious of custom "fingerprinted" versions that could be traced back to the source.
- memmcgee 10y agoBecause it could endanger their source. Sometimes different versions of a document are given to different people to try to figure out who's leaking. And having people in the White House who are willing to leak important information to the public is in the public interest.
- rabidrat 10y agoNature now requires public data for articles, maybe The Washington Post should do the same with its sources. http://www.nature.com/news/announcement-where-are-the-data-1.20541 http://www.nature.com/news/announcement-where-are-the-data-1...