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| ===14. Government Secrecy=== | | ===14. Government Secrecy=== |
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| We condemn the government's use of secret classifications to keep from the public information that it should have. We favor substituting a system in which no individual may be convicted for violating government secrecy classifications unless the government discharges its burden of proving that the publication: | | We oppose the government's use of secret classifications to keep information from the public, especially that which exposes government malfeasance. |
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| a. violated the right of privacy of those who have been coerced into revealing confidential or proprietary information to government agents, or
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| b. disclosed defensive military plans so as to materially impair the capabilities to respond to attack.
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| It should always be a defense to such prosecution that information divulged shows that the government has violated the law.
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| ===15. Internal Security and Civil Liberties=== | | ===15. Internal Security and Civil Liberties=== |