Opinion | marcambinder: NSA whistle-blower Reality Winner’s release from prison feels like a good time to examine the government’s approach to information leaks. - MSNBCDaily
Which brings us back to Biden’s pledge and the many questions it leaves unanswered: If journalists no longer will find their records seized, have they acquired some sort of privilege? Can they assert it in court? Who determines who is a journalist? Will anyone who performs the function of reporting and discloses a secret be immune from prosecution? Will journalists assert some sort of credentialing system to separate those who operate in good faith from those who might work with a foreign...
The better way forward here, in my view, will still unsettle the national security bureaucracy, just in other ways. Congress should meaningfully reform current whistle-blowing statutes to avoid incentivizing retribution, create large islands of immunity for clearance-holders who disclose to inspectors general, and punish managers who retaliate against dissenting employee.It should also fortify congressional oversight of the classification system and its abuse.
Finally, Congress should pass a qualified shield law for journalists, taking care to define, clearly, terms likeand forcing the government to spell out, not using generalities, the harms to safety and security that their classification system protects against.
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