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In this case we're not talking about documentation of wrong-doing on the part of the US government. In this narrow instance, we're talking about a government em
by cmiles74 6y ago
In this case we're not talking about documentation of wrong-doing on the part of the US government. In this narrow instance, we're talking about a government employee providing the hash of a password to a journalist who will then try to find another person capable of "decoding" that hash to yield the clear-text password.
To me, that seems very different then what I normally think of as investigative journalism.
In my opinion I'm not sure how much or how heavy a book should be thrown at someone trying to decode a hashed password, but that's not really what is at issue. Perhaps the issue is, "is this a crime in the UK".
- nitrogen 6y agoJournalists will themselves sneak into physical venues if they can. The example I can recall is of a reporter crashing a meeting/party of a financial fraternity in NYC.
- mrguyorama 6y agoAnd trespassing is a crime and those people could probably press charges if they want
- ineedasername 6y agoWhat you describe isn't necessarily a crime. But if the physical venue happened to be a secured area on a military base or intelligence installation, there's a good chance they'd go to jail. And even if the didn't, it would still be a crime.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoThis sounds like an extremely weak and contrived excuse to go after someone who reported something that embarrassed the government.
- ineedasername 6y agoJust because the government pushes harder due to being embarrassed doesn't mean it wasn't a criminal act.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoIf you're okay with politically motivated persecution of journalists, using extremely contrived charges...
- LadyCailin 6y agoHitler did nothing illegal!