Originally posted by no1marauderWhat if the information was key to national defense? What would the Founding Fathers said about national defense?
That leaves the government the sole, unreviewable judge of what information it wants to give to the people. That can hardly be what the Framers had in mind.
Originally posted by whodeyPrinting presses shall be subject to no other restraint than liableness to legal prosecution for false facts printed and published." --Thomas Jefferson: Draft of Virginia Constitution, 1783. ME 2:298, Papers 6:304
What if the information was key to national defense? What would the Founding Fathers said about national defense?
Chew on that.
You know what the Framers would have thought about the US having a large standing army, spending more on "defense" than the rest of the world COMBINED, invading and occupying two foreign nations for almost a decade, etc. etc.
Originally posted by no1marauderOf course, we are talking about two different issues here. We are discussing the person or persons who leaked the information and those that simply publish it. Although the later may not have broken any laws, clearly the former has. I suppose you could view it like a pawn shop of sorts. Having said that, I would also think that the government is free to conduct cyber terror on those who conduct it on them. Would you consider this legal as well?
Printing presses shall be subject to no other restraint than liableness to legal prosecution for false facts printed and published." --Thomas Jefferson: Draft of Virginia Constitution, 1783. ME 2:298, Papers 6:304
Chew on that.
You know what the Framers would have thought about the US having a large standing army ...[text shortened]... the world COMBINED, invading and occupying two foreign nations for almost a decade, etc. etc.
Originally posted by no1marauderAre you saying its ok to hack into government computers and download their files?
What does the "Freedom of the Press" and the First Amendment prohibiting infringements of it mean to you?
From what I understand, no actual documents were stolen anyway; files on computers were simply downloaded.
Originally posted by quackquackapparently so. in the world of radical progressives it would be just fine to hack into it all. put it all on line.
Are you saying its ok to hack into government computers and download their files?
launch codes for our missiles, location of our secret subs, specs on prototypes of our new planes, tanks,etc.
its all good! its in the spirit of "what the framers intended"🙄
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Originally posted by utherpendragonLoony non sequitur. Was any of that done here?
apparently so. in the world of radical progressives it would be just fine to hack into it all. put it all on line.
launch codes for our missiles, location of our secret subs, specs on prototypes of our new planes, tanks,etc.
its all good! its in the spirit of "what the framers intended"🙄
Originally posted by whodeyThe Framers broke all kinds of laws.
Of course, we are talking about two different issues here. We are discussing the person or persons who leaked the information and those that simply publish it. Although the later may not have broken any laws, clearly the former has. I suppose you could view it like a pawn shop of sorts. Having said that, I would also think that the government is free to conduct cyber terror on those who conduct it on them. Would you consider this legal as well?