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A comment on Ioerror's tweets after yet another detention (this time in Texas). Parent comment

Re:Ioerror's tweets after yet another detention (this time i... by jbooth on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:29PM (#2438196)
Eh, I think that's just a linkbait headline. It's materially different to wiretap private individuals for the purpose of defamation than it is to publish federal documents. There's no such thing as "defaming the govt" under law, for example.
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Re:Ioerror's tweets after yet another detention (this time i... by tedunangst on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:41PM (#2438248)
The more important facts, imo, were the six different opinions written and that while the court refused to grant a pre-publication injunction, they didn't actually grant immunity from post-publication prosecution. The summary of the Pentagon Papers case is not "publishing secrets is ok".
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Re:Ioerror's tweets after yet another detention (this time i... by jbooth on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:50PM (#2438296)
Good call. This is where I put on my IANAL hat :) I guess I made an assumption based on the fact that Ellsburg never got prosecuted for anything.
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