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    Does Government Secrecy Really Keep Americans Safer?

    The Obama Administration has cracked down on leakers of classified information, and on reporters who refuse to reveal their sources. Now an open-government group is fighting back by advertising for whistleblowers in Washington. The first of 11 planned billboards has gone up near the State Department.

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    By Warren Olney • Jun 19, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Obama Administration has cracked down on leakers of classified information, and on reporters who refuse to reveal their sources. Now an open-government group is fighting back by advertising for whistleblowers in Washington. The first of 11 planned billboards has gone up near the State Department.

    Edward Snowden and Chelsey Manning are accused of treason, but open-government advocates say whistleblowing should be part of American culture. Is secrecy used more to keep the public in the dark than to make Americans safer?

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    Government Secrecy and the People's Right to Know
    1. 0:00President Obama Speaks on Iraq
    2. 8:06Does Government Secrecy Really Keep Americans Safer?You’re reading this
    3. 44:05Resurrection of the Neo-Cons
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Norman Solomon

      Executive Director, Institute for Public Accuracy

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      Gabriel Schoenfeld

      Hudson Institute

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      Peter Van Buren

      author, 'We Meant Well'

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Government Secrecy and the People's Right to Know
    1. 0:00President Obama Speaks on Iraq
    2. 8:06Does Government Secrecy Really Keep Americans Safer?You’re reading this
    3. 44:05Resurrection of the Neo-Cons
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