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Truth2Tell

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Sun May-10-09 03:35 PM
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61. Good point.

Edited on Sun May-10-09 03:45 PM by Truth2Tell

I picked that up from another DU thread. I'm off to get to the bottom of it and will report back.

On edit: My bad, that EO was obviously not used. However, the legal precedent that the Supreme Court established on prior restraint of speech was based on the fact that The Times was able to demonstrate that the classification was made to avoid embarrassment rather than protect national security.

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/23/us/william-e-hegarty-66-a-lawyer-for-times-on-the-pentagon-papers.html

It was that ruling that then later provided the basis for the EO. Color me wrong.

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