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The comforting part of the New York Times disclosure last week that President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to spy on Americans is that the story was published at all.
It shows that, even though government in this country is growing larger and more powerful each year, dangerous abuses of power do not go undetected. By the Times' own account, nearly a dozen people with knowledge of the program agreed to discuss it with reporters after being granted anonymity "because of their concerns about the operation's legality and oversight."See the full content of this document
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Spying Without Permission
It's also a strong argument for federal and state shield laws, which would protect reporters who gran...
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