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Start taking pictures of policemen in your local area, especially near the station. I'm sure they will provide a guide to publishing... Really, on a larger sca

by kurthr 9y ago

Start taking pictures of policemen in your local area, especially near the station. I'm sure they will provide a guide to publishing... Really, on a larger scale, is there much shock that reporting on top secret weapons research topics will get you in trouble? http://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-17/local/me-607_1_spy-plane http://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-17/local/me-607_1_spy-pl...

ubernostrum 9y ago
In the case of nuclear weapons specifically, it actually was a shock when the US tried to enforce the "born secret" doctrine (which said that information about weapon design and mechanics -- even if figured out from nothing but public, non-classified sources -- would automatically become classified as of the moment the person figured it out). See US v. Progressive for the details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Progressive,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Progressive,_.... Amusingly, the argument was made -- and made seriously -- that the mere fact that the government had pursued the case was a leak of "born secret" information, since the attempt to suppress the information was tacitly an acknowledgment that it was correct (since incorrect information would not be subject to "born secret").
- kurthr 9y ago
  Sonoluminescence research was made substantially more difficult, because most of the modeling codes for collapsing plasmas were considered innapropriate to civiliian research... or so I have heard.
marcoperaza 9y ago
>Start taking pictures of policemen in your local area, especially near the station. I'm sure they will provide a guide to publishing... You are allowed to photograph and film the police in public. Every US appeals court that has considered the issue has so ruled. It's possible that one of the circuits that has not considered the issue could rule the other way, but that seems unlikely.
- kurthr 9y ago
  I totally agree and support that, but you will suffer for doing it. I'm sorry.

by kurthr 9y ago

ubernostrum 9y ago

In the case of nuclear weapons specifically, it actually was a shock when the US tried to enforce the "born secret" doctrine (which said that information about weapon design and mechanics -- even if figured out from nothing but public, non-classified sources -- would automatically become classified as of the moment the person figured it out). See US v. Progressive for the details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Progressive,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Progressive,_.... Amusingly, the argument was made -- and made seriously -- that the mere fact that the government had pursued the case was a leak of "born secret" information, since the attempt to suppress the information was tacitly an acknowledgment that it was correct (since incorrect information would not be subject to "born secret").

kurthr 9y ago
Sonoluminescence research was made substantially more difficult, because most of the modeling codes for collapsing plasmas were considered innapropriate to civiliian research... or so I have heard.

marcoperaza 9y ago

>Start taking pictures of policemen in your local area, especially near the station. I'm sure they will provide a guide to publishing... You are allowed to photograph and film the police in public. Every US appeals court that has considered the issue has so ruled. It's possible that one of the circuits that has not considered the issue could rule the other way, but that seems unlikely.

kurthr 9y ago
I totally agree and support that, but you will suffer for doing it. I'm sorry.