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Justin Duckham on how news organizations are treating various security leaks differently
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All right I'll get to Justin dot com now talk radio news service.
There's been a lot of tool -- in these past eleven years of what we tell the public about what we are doing in terms of national security and they're all obviously.
There has been some controversy.
Over the leaks regarding the mission the successful mission.
To capture or kill kill as it turned that Osama bin Laden -- you think there's something of of a double standard on these -- I think there is a clear double standard.
You know that the media here in the Valerie Plame scandal rightfully so.
Was outraged it appeared that the White House was moving forward and trying to -- an individual.
By -- leaking her identity and -- putting there.
Lives at danger for ostensibly -- political game.
And we're seeing a similar thing with the bin Laden -- it is something has selected it may not have the cool edge of the Valerie Plame leaks but it is something that.
Is giving Obama a political advantage while at the same time.
You know quite realistically putting -- a number of servicemen and danger.
Then but.
Gates strikes me that there's a double standard on both sides Justin.
-- of those who say the White House -- who or whomever walls within the administration.
Who leaked to.
Information about that mission.
Are absolutely wrong they -- endangering on national security yet those same people.
Seemed to like the guys who went out and did the -- this is the former seals who may be capped what was essentially.
I campaign -- And they like the guy the ceiling who has just written this book.
Which gave away far more detail about the missions and it doesn't have to double standard go both ways it depends which way you're looking at it.
Well I think you know.
The public and the media should be sympathetic to whistle blowers that they're trying to bring public information out there -- -- -- -- who wrote the book a whistle blower surely some would surely he's a seal.
Who's making a profit all -- off out of a genuinely.
Heroic thing that he was a pot all.
Box seals by that code don't talk about it they don't make profits from it it -- we were talking just the other day to the author of this book.
Could lieutenant colonel Tony shape of form a seal himself operation.
Dot com is his book.
He was outraged that this guy would break that code and go write a book.
Well that's a different -- for -- different time you know we've had seen his lawyer did a pretty sturdy defense of what he did.
I'm not necessarily.
Comfortable with saying somebody -- over his -- mission should.
Absolutely be quiet especially when we see the other details coming up from the administration itself.
So it and see you when you would say that the the administration has a greater responsibility.
To keep quiet on these kind of issues that an individual who was perhaps -- though that that mission does.
Why so.
The administration is tasked with protecting them and moving forward with a comprehensive national security policy if this was something that.
Would put Americans in danger I would obviously be what's on the different -- But what we're seeing from the Obama administration is a sort of weird approach where they are willing to let.
Leaks that really benefit them go -- go go forward unquestionably.
Whereas -- they are going in pretty hard against those that embarrassed that you know we we know that there have been six.
That's a prosecution under the Espionage Act and that is more than.
Any any prior administration.
All right Justin -- -- -- told radio news service always interesting to get your views and debate with you thank you very much indeed Justin.
Thank you I'm Justin another -- -- can be seen it every Saturday 230 and 11:30 PM.
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