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> The US/EU has a stronger freedom of the press tradition

It's not that clear cut. The UK routinely serves 'D' notices and the press defer (leading to much abuse) - here's a nice primer https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/31/d-notice-syste...

Anyone stumbling across their own state's payload and attempting to publish details is likely to rapidly receive a visit and be put in the picture that they've to drop it.

The UK even uses the Wassenaar arrangement to stifle general discussion of virus and threats : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/03/northumbria_universi...

Admittedly there's no actual murders or suspected ones (that I've ever heard of) but the polonium tea example was not about computer virus revelations either.