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Re:In Our Inbox: Hundreds Of Confidential Twitter Documents by vaksel on Wednesday July 15, 2009 @02:38AM (#705274)
it may be somewhat unethical, but its legal. If you couldn't write about anything "confidential" the news companies would be out of business.
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Re:In Our Inbox: Hundreds Of Confidential Twitter Documents by barrkel on Wednesday July 15, 2009 @08:45AM (#705577)
Why doesn't it count as trafficking in stolen property? The documents weren't leaked, they were stolen. They are not "confidential", they are stolen property.
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Re:In Our Inbox: Hundreds Of Confidential Twitter Documents by lacker on Wednesday July 15, 2009 @11:03AM (#705794)
There's no difference between "leaked" and "stolen". Leaked documents are just those stolen by an employee.
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Re:In Our Inbox: Hundreds Of Confidential Twitter Documents by greyman on Wednesday July 15, 2009 @07:08AM (#705495)
Yes, this is what Michael is pointing out and he is somewhat right. Otherwise, if something negative leaks out of the company, they might just call it confidential and nobody could publish it...
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