Nicholas Goldberg: A tale of two leaks
As a journalist, I am not a big fan of aggressive, retaliatory investigations into leaks to the media. Yes, government has the right to keep and protect certain secrets, but the public has a right to information too, and reporters often rely on unauthorized leaks of newsworthy stories. Not all of those leaks involve classified material or volatile national security secrets or invasions of ...
by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Dec 06, 2022
3 minutes
As a journalist, I am not a big fan of aggressive, retaliatory investigations into leaks to the media.
Yes, government has the right to keep and protect certain secrets, but the public has a right to information too, and reporters often rely on unauthorized leaks of newsworthy stories. Not all of those leaks involve classified material or volatile national security secrets or invasions of privacy, and for insiders to divulge them to reporters is not necessarily illegal or immoral.
I'd go even farther and say that whistleblowers who disclose secrets about government misdeeds
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