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One wonders why there is a "culture of leaks"

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/303957-fein...

This is just the start. Some of people I suspect who become a cog in the now large system don't get their original patriotism and respect for Constitution sucked out of them. A few will see the ridiculousness of this and do a very risky and dangerous thing and leak the information.

There is a loss of trust that is building up and that will be devastating. Maybe the trust is disappearing because things really did get worse or it is disappearing because the Internet is there and people get more access to alternative channels of communications ( I haven't decided which is which ).




Leaking is the most effective form of protest today. A leaker can do more than 1,000,000 marchers with picket signs can. This is why they're cracking down on it so hard, like they do anything that allows mundane citizens to affect the status quo.




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