Then they could try to change the focus from the message to the messenger like they do with whistle-blowers.

keep the status quo as long as *our side* is in charge

go back to the WTO Seattle demonstrations and you can see how the leaderless paradigm frustrates the hell out of the 'man'! Traditionally, they move to take down the leaders.

and their potential sources are afraid of being tracked and prosecuted under the Espionage Act.

Do we really want a world in which Zero Dark Thirty is the model of government transparency? Propaganda vehicles which are intended to turn citizens into cheerleaders?

For all practical purposes, it doesn't exist in the Bill of Rights anymore (unlike the 2nd amendment/commandment).

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"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

I know the language is kind of arcane, but, in effect, this is a right to privacy. Not to mention that emails and other items taken from us were not "particularly desribed" in warrents before being seized. Can anyone say with a straight face that this amendment is in effect today?