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by am1988 3246 days ago
The press still publishes the information and the government generally doesn't get to censor it.

The government is free to try and stop leaks. That's not the same thing as censorship.

The level of secrecy a government operates under is a massive issue, but it's not the same one.

> this kind of behavior is very par for the course.

That doesn't mean we should normalize it.