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by airhangerf15 142 days ago
It's exactly what Abraham Lincoln did .. actually he went further and sentenced some news paper owners to death (overturned after the war).

Lincoln was not a good guy or pro-American (anti-speech, anti-due process), but he's viewed positively only because he won.

and as far as the Washington Compost, we know from the Church Committee the CIA likely has operatives in there. So unlike Lincoln, there was no real need to raid WaPo. It was likely just for show.