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Re:USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit by mi100hael on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @05:44PM (#13476482)
Hell, look how many leaks were coming out of the FBI in the weeks leading up to the election. Keeping a blanket gag on any bureaucracy is a futile endeavor.
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Re:USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit by mschuster91 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @06:44PM (#13476940)
> Keeping a blanket gag on any bureaucracy is a futile endeavor.

Look what Obama did to Snowden and Manning, and that from a Democratic president.

Trump meanwhile has stated multiple times that he supports torture and Guantanamo - I don't know if I'd have the courage to be a leaker under a President Trump. One thing is for sure - anyone caught leaking anything opposing or contradicting Trump will spend a long time behind bars or worse.

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Re:USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit by burkaman on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @06:56PM (#13477023)
Is it illegal to leak non-classified information? I think at worst you would be fired.
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Re:USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit by mschuster91 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @07:50PM (#13477393)
> I think at worst you would be fired.

Remember "Three felonies a day"? When you're targeted by Trump or his cronies, you don't stand a chance.

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