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There's classified data coming from Washington or whatever government agencies to newspapers all the time through "sources". Do you really think everything that
by higherpurpose 13y ago
There's classified data coming from Washington or whatever government agencies to newspapers all the time through "sources". Do you really think everything that is given passes the highest standards for what should or not be leaked?
At the end of the day it's the newspapers who decide what gets published.
- niels_olson 13y agoIt's also worth keeping in mind that the NSA may percieve, in this case rightly, that pushing this angle, which is all re-hashed information, would in fact not expose new information but could potentially reframe the debate in their favor.