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So we, as citizens of this country, have no obligation to assist the government in keeping the secrets it is rightfully keeping?
The obligation is purely on an amorphous concept of "the government" preventing 1.2 million federal employees from saying things to the press that they shouldn't?
I agree that the legal responsibility falls to the leaker. But I allege that moral responsibility is shared by both parties. I doubt you'll ever see legal charges against any publication because of this story but I also have no problem with trying to turn public opinion against them for having printed the story.
Again, I don't feel that treason was committed, but it sounds to me like you feel it is impossible to publish information with treasonous intent.
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