Likely, you would keep secret the name of any 15 yr old girl you raped and killed in 1991. Unless she herself comes forward, but she can't do that if you killed her, now can she?
Do you see the problems with this logic yet? There's a reason there's such a thing called burden of proof.
Because it they are given such protection by the Constitution as a check against the government pulling the wool over the eyes of its citizens. This prevents a government-controlled media, and allows for information to spread.
No; the Constitution protects the citizens' rights to freedom of speech and of the press. Nowhere does it mention being a member of a "news organization."
It [Government pressure for censorship] has been tried many times, the government is virtually never successful.
You might want to check your history. You won't have to go too far back to find examples.
Only when a real, imminent threat to US citizens lives can be demonstrated can the government take action, and it must go through a federal judge first. Even then, if I remember correctly, the government cannot stop the distribution of the information, they can only punish it after the fact. There was a NY Times case regarding this in I think the WW2 era, but I don't remember exactly.
That sort of specificity and clarity is the sort of thing that makes me think you have no idea what you're talking about. You're probably thinking of the "Pentagon Papers" case, but pretty much every sentence you wrote is incorrect.
Journalists get extra protections, but they also have a responsibility to the public. They can and do face legal action for intentionally lying about the facts they are representing.
As others noted, this is flat out wrong.
You can view membership costs here and there is a link at the bottom to apply.
Wikileaks has not become a member of any news association, and as such are not considered members of the press. That means they don't get a lot of the extra protections members of the press receive
You're joking, right? You think membership in IAPA, a regional organization, is the definition of "journalist"? Are you saying that the only reason people are hounding Wikileaks is because Assange didn't pay dues to this organization? You do realize how absurd that sounds, don't you?
I won't be happy until they bring back the NUM LOCK key!!!!!
"Jailbreaking" refers to what the suspect plans to do after they throw him in prison
Something that kills less people per year than farm animals is not something to be wasting money on.
That's right. What we really need to do is divert those resources to where they're most desperately needed, in the global struggle against violent farm animals. The U.S. has very few strategic resources devoted to the real threats; we waste money on TSA body searches while our strategic cow-tipping arsenals decay. If we're not careful we will soon be living George Orwell's nightmare.
Finally, a use for my
Just use a synonym. I suggest "mug." MugSuite has a nice ring to it.
This is like a slap in the face to the public!
Wait, what do you mean I owe Mark Zuckerberg a thousand dollars for this slashdot comment?
This day has been a long time in coming. I'd like to congratulate everyone involved. Younger folks may not realize how important this news is. Thanks to this we FINALLY have a slashdot headline where "Natalie Portman" is actually on topic.
Just use Apple Time Machine to get to work on time.
the judge lost his copy of John Stuart Mill?
FREE KEVIN
It's an iPhone 5, duh. It's obvious -- Apple's been porting parts of OS X to iOS for a while now; did you think they wouldn't eventually port Time Machine?
you can't spell it without CIALIS either so at least we know that after the revolution we will all be aroused.
They were trying to distinguish it from the ruling Libertarian Party there.
If all else fails, lower your standards.
