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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, The New York Times, Media Industry, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Tea Party Movement
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It's news, not espionage
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn't chilling, it's...Tags: Journalism, Central Intelligence Agency, The New York Times, Media Industry, National Security Agency
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Review: 'War on Whistleblowers' fails to fully sound alarm
Since 2002, filmmaker-activist Robert Greenwald has made a string of vital feature documentaries, including the trenchant exposés "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." His latest, the brief "War on...
Tags: George W. Bush, National Security Agency, Barack Obama, Iraq, Pentagon Papers Release (2011)
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Exposing Wrongdoing Serves The People
The Hartford CourantThere will always be an inherent conflict between a government that wants to guard its information, and journalists and citizens who want access to it. Although there is a recognition that some information should be kept secret, a democracy needs its...Tags: Journalism, The New York Times, Bradley Manning, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Pentagon Papers Release (2011)
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AUDIO: Bradley Manning explains why he leaked secret documents
A group advocating transparency has released audio of Pfc. Bradley Manning reading his 35-page, handwritten statement about why he gave massive troves of secret government documents to the website WikiLeaks. Audio and transcript below. The Freedom of...
Tags: New York City, Bradley Manning, Punishment, Trials, Judges
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Bradley Manning deserves to be set free
Finally, the trial of the century made the front page of The Sun ("Accused WikiLeaker to ask for dismissal," Nov. 26). I will join others outside the main gate to Fort Meade to show support for the whistleblower Pfc. Bradley Manning during his latest...Tags: Bradley Manning, The Pentagon
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L.A. federal courthouse named national landmark
L.A. NOWThe federal courthouse on Spring Street downtown--site of the first ruling that public school segregation was unconstitutional--was declared a national landmark Wednesday by the Interior secretary.... -
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies at 86; former New York Times publisher
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the fourth publisher of the New York Times, who made history with his decision to publish the Pentagon Papers and revived the "Good Gray Lady" of print journalism with a radical redesign that set a new standard, has died. He was...
Tags: New York City, The New York Times, Newspapers, Columbia University, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Cary deRussy, publisher of Fishing in Maryland
Cary deRussy, the former publisher of Fishing in Maryland magazine, died of emphysema complications Oct. 10 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. The former Mays Chapel resident was 70. Born Wilson Cary Nicholas deRussy in Baltimore and raised in...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Baltimore County, Human Interest, The Pentagon
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Visionary New York Times publisher Sulzberger dead at 86
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the fourth publisher of the New York Times, who made history with his decision to publish the Pentagon Papers and revived the "Good Gray Lady" of print journalism with a radical redesign that set a new standard for newspapers in...
Tags: New York City, The New York Times, Newspapers, Columbia University, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Watergate: So many 'What ifs' 40 years later
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the perfect hindsight of history, Watergate's "what ifs" are still tantalizing. What if a security guard hadn't noticed tape on a door latch outside Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office building? What if a...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Lawyers, Elections, The Associated Press, Interior Policy
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Bradley Manning faces Dec. 16 military hearing in WikiLeaks case
Lawyers for imprisoned U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning plan to call up to 50 witnesses at a pretrial military hearing next month that is expected to air much of the government's evidence for charges that Manning illegally provided hundreds of thousands...Tags: Bradley Manning, Punishment, Court Preliminary, Trials, Lawyers
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Nov 22, 2011
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