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To: Wingy
I thought that this was settled by the SCOTUS in the Pentagon Papers case. As I remember, The Washington Post could print but the leaker was in trouble. Do I remember it right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States

Tricky Dick claimed executive authority to ban publication of the Pentagon Papers, then in possession of the New York Times and the Washington Post. But the Supreme Court shut him down, 6 to 3.

12 posted on 06/06/2017 12:34:31 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody
One of the lawyers in New York Times v United States:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-aLKjjQd1A?t=2m41s

15 posted on 06/06/2017 12:46:24 AM PDT by cynwoody
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