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Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by mint2 on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:56PM (#35573331)
Bellingcat isn’t a news org. Most of what I saw was rehashes of their analysis.

Second, journalists use their own judgement or what to publish. Had the kid given it to a news org the reporting would have been redacted.

I object to the new definition of “leaking” that tries to make all cases of it unquestionably good. People can die due to info.

Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by remarkEon on Friday April 14, 2023 @03:18PM (#35573546)
>I object to the new definition of “leaking” that tries to make all cases of it unquestionably good.

I don't think this has ever been the case. There's still large contingents of the US that think the Snowden leaks were part of a Russian operation, that the Manning leaks were bad and so on. I wasn't alive during Vietnam, but were those leaks considered unquestionably good?

Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by mint2 on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:19PM (#35575558)
What does the word “all” mean?

Those examples seem to be addressing a statement that no one made. Is that in an effort to make people think a different statement was made, one that’s trivial to disprove rather than addressing the actual statement?

Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by remarkEon on Friday April 14, 2023 @07:22PM (#35576108)
I have no idea, you're the one who used it.
Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by mint2 on Saturday April 15, 2023 @02:50PM (#35583439)
Yeah that’s obvious because the comment replied as if I said “no leaks are good” which is a highly illogical and contrived reading of me saying I object to how the article is acting like “all” leaks are good.
Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by Overtonwindow on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:44PM (#35575821)
I don't know if Snowden was a Russian operation, I don't think the facts are there for that. However, I do think Snowden committed treason by doing what he did, and so did this National Guardsman. It doesn't matter the reason or morale justification, breaking the law is still breaking the law. If you're going to call for the prosecution of Trump you can't in the next sentence say yeah but Snowden broke the law for the right reason so it's ok. That sort of hair-splitting is disingenuous.
Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by mydogcanpurr on Friday April 14, 2023 @10:09PM (#35577020)
What you're advocating for is blind obedience to authority.
Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by fortissimohn on Saturday April 15, 2023 @01:20AM (#35577818)
People decide they break the law for the right reasons all the time. Do you not speed while driving?
Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ... by theshrike79 on Saturday April 15, 2023 @01:53AM (#35577981)
No, because in here speeding tickets are based on a percentage of my income.

I can't afford to speed =)