Word: pressed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, a leak to ABC News undermined the summer espionage investigation of former Austrian ambassador Felix Bloch. Television audiences could watch investigators following an entourage of the press following Bloch...
Lately, however, Thornburgh has been keeping a tight-lipped ship at the Justice Department. In August, Thornburgh threatened to prosecute employees who leak information to the press. The penalty would be up to 10 years in jail...
...first, Thornburgh's concern with secrecy seems reasonable. Some issues of national security may not be the business of the press--and some leaks might compromise American interests...
More likely than not, the new policy will never result in criminal charges. Thornburgh is probably just using the statute to deter loud-mouthers form getting too friendly with the press...
Certainly, Thornburgh has never shown such affection for the press. Since taking the helm, more than half of the Department's spokespersons have been laid off. Besides Spokesperson David Runkel, most officials are forbidden to speak to the press. (Internal memoranda sent to bureaucrats warning that leaks will not be tolerated were eventually leaked, however...