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Freedom of press does not mean you can just report on classified information without consequences. You can't just go into Google office and start leaking an NDA
by yeukhon 9y ago
Freedom of press does not mean you can just report on classified information without consequences. You can't just go into Google office and start leaking an NDA project. In this circumstances, sure, the document was available publicly. But since it has been hidden, wouldn't further distribution considered illegal?
- tptacek 9y agoUnlawful, in the NDA case. It's not illegal to break a contract.
- pvg 9y agoFreedom of press does not mean you can just report on classified information without consequences. In the US, you effectively can, assuming you are actually the press and have the means of defending yourself. While there are laws on the books that supposedly limit this in various ways, they are generally not invoked - notice the government typically asks papers to delay publishing classified information they may have received.