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...foreign political forces. Let's say Country X is having an election tomorrow, and we like Party A but don't like Party B. If we go into that Country and start feeding money to people in Party A, even assuming we're totally free of leaks in the U.S., there's still a high probability that there'll be a leak in Country...
Even a small leak would release radioactive waste that would persist in the environment, causing cancer and birth defects into the indefinite future, she added...
...past two years, including six FBI informants and potential witnesses. Though Attorney Gallina, who had defended major crime figures-notably, members of the East Coast Genovese Mafia family-was killed by .38-cal. bullets, he was undoubtedly the 21st victim. Federal officials blame his slaying on a leak from the grand jury; leaks from secret Government files and sealed court records have led to the deaths of the other informants...
Schorr knew that it could not, that he would go to jail before he would ever divulge the identity of his source. Two months prior to his confrontation with Congress, Schorr, through a public statement, told the House Ethics Committee investigating the leak that he would "not give any testimony about the source." Nevertheless, the panel issued a subpoena requiring the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) correspondent to testify and face contempt of Congress charges if he refused either to appear or to answer question under oath...
...Leaking is a form of whistle-blowing," Schorr explained. People leak information that will embarrass public figures, or implicate them in crimes or scandals; they do not expose "atomic secrets." "The real secrets are pretty goddamn well kept," Schorr insisted...