12-14-2010, 03:55 PM
no you wouldn't
there was a ruling that some state secrets can be published if it's felt that the people have a right to know.
the pentagon took one paper to court for publishing papers of a similar nature and lost. the watergate tapes were the illegal aspect of the story, tapes made by the gov. just the same as if a plot to illegally tape people were uncovered today by a decent journalist. it would get published.
there was a ruling that some state secrets can be published if it's felt that the people have a right to know.
the pentagon took one paper to court for publishing papers of a similar nature and lost. the watergate tapes were the illegal aspect of the story, tapes made by the gov. just the same as if a plot to illegally tape people were uncovered today by a decent journalist. it would get published.