Lucy Dalglish
Lucy Dalglish
break democracy everybody function government knows laws open oversight secrecy wall
What these open government laws do is break down that wall of government secrecy so that everybody knows what's going on. A democracy can only function if we have information. You can only have oversight of government if you have information.
bringing classified cover defense espionage fewer information locking national people receive security sources standard town virtually
Journalists who cover national security and defense receive classified information all the time. It's virtually routine. If that were the standard for bringing an espionage case, we'd be locking up a lot of people in this town and there would be fewer sources of information.
newsroom report search waiting
It's really ridiculous. I'm just waiting for the first search of a newsroom to come down and for someone to say, 'You can't report we just searched you.
both coming federal question rampant secrecy state
There is no question that there are more restrictions coming down. There is rampant secrecy in both federal and state courtrooms.