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Freep a poll! (Should journalists be prosecuted for leaking clasified info?)
Opinionjournal.com ^ | 5-26-06 | Opinionjournal

Posted on 05/26/2006 6:28:29 PM PDT by dynachrome

Should journalists be prosecuted by the federal government for publishing classified information that's leaked to them?

Yes

No

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Well, only for leaking info harmful to dem-o-rats?/total sarc
1 posted on 05/26/2006 6:28:32 PM PDT by dynachrome
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Most journalists in the MSM are doing this

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2 posted on 05/26/2006 6:32:24 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: dynachrome

I thought they were more doing a CircleJerk.


3 posted on 05/26/2006 7:06:36 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Illegal Aliens....STFU!)
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To: dynachrome

yes 97.2%

no 2.8%


4 posted on 05/26/2006 7:09:44 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: dynachrome

97% to 3% YES

That was a pleasure! Thank you.


5 posted on 05/27/2006 5:03:53 AM PDT by Da Mav
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To: dynachrome

They should also be hung for treason.


6 posted on 05/27/2006 5:15:20 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: freeangel
they should also be hung for treason

I am a moderate on this issue. I only want this to be a capital crime if it can be shown to cause a death of at least one person. Otherwise forty years of hard time would do nicely.
7 posted on 05/27/2006 5:19:19 AM PDT by cgbg (Should traitors live long enough to have book deals?)
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To: dynachrome
Still up this morning, and what a nice result :)
 

Should journalists be prosecuted by the federal government for publishing classified information that's leaked to them?

Yes 96.8%
No 3.2%

Total votes: 3235.


8 posted on 05/27/2006 7:03:10 AM PDT by backinthefold (banoonie baloni?)
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To: backinthefold

Still up if ya want to hit it again.

Yes 96.5%

No 3.5%

Total votes: 4300. Thanks for voting.


9 posted on 05/28/2006 3:11:19 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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