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With the blatant disregard for any rules and decorum, and a proven self-serving track record, I wouldn’t bet on it. You want to censor in the armed forces? Cl
by _factor 1y ago
With the blatant disregard for any rules and decorum, and a proven self-serving track record, I wouldn’t bet on it.
You want to censor in the armed forces? Classify. You don’t tell reporters they can’t publish anything unapproved. Tomorrow the director gets caught stealing and toppling regimes and you can’t publish a word. After a long time of obeying this, you will fear doing so.
Brilliant strategic play on the Trump admin. Win or lose, the pentagon is more opaque. I just wish they would used some of that brilliance on things that improved the world and adhered to why we have governments in the first place.
- DeepSeaTortoise 1y agoThe rules were updated on Oct6 to allow media outlets to report using any information even if classified and unapproved for release, as long as they didn't solicit it or were given it with the premise that it won't be released. So if they were to be approached by a whistleblower or happened to hear the right conversation or find the right documents, it'd be fair game.