[nothernlights]

Should we encourage that?

[demlosers]

I'm all for it... but I doubt the president would go for it because of the political costs would be too high.

During WW2, The Chicago Tribune told the world that the US had broke the Japanese Naval code in the aftermath of the Midway battle. IMHO, the biggest factor why we defeated the Japanese at Midway and other battles.

FDR was furious. He wanted the Chicago Tribune editors and reporters jailed for treason. He ordered the US Attorney General to arrest them. But at the time, the Allies were about to break the Nazi cypher machine code (Enigma). FDR was advised not to pursue prosecuting the Chicago Tribune because the publicity of a trail may cause the Nazis to change their codes. So FDR dropped the matter.