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34 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 27 (2011-2012)
Leaks, Leakers, and Journalists: Adding Historical Context to the Age of WikiLeaks

handle is hein.journals/hascom34 and id is 31 raw text is: Leaks, Leakers, and Journalists: Adding Historical Context to the Age of WikiLeaks by SANDRA DAVIDSON* I. In tro d u ctio n ........................................................................................................................ 27 II. Bradley Manning and the Release of WikiLeaks Material Online........................... 28 III. Classified Means Classified, But Unclassified Can Also Count: Snepp, M archetti, Plame-W ilson, The Progressive................................................................. 35 IV. Morison: A Counterpart to Manning with Big-Friend Support ............................... 43 V. Pearson v. Dodd and Bartnicki v. Vopper.................................................................... 48 V I. B ranzburg v. H ayes....................................................................................................... 54 VII. The Danger of Applying Branzburg's Logic to Bartnicki and New York Times v. U n ited S tates .................................................................................................................... 58 VIII. Franklin, Rosen, and Weissman; Risen and Lichtblau; Drake and Sterling ........... 65 IX . N ational Security........................................................................................................... 72 X. Secrecy and Precedents in the Age of W ikiLeaks...................................................... 80 X I. C o n clusio n ...........................................................................................................................87 I. Introduction Traditionally, the United States has been unforgiving to those who leak its secret, sensitive information to the public. Its attitude toward those who publish information provided by leakers- especially those who try to protect the identity of their sources-is also often hostile. The fate of Pfc. Bradley Manning will unfold in the shadow of previous American experiences with leaks and leakers. Manning is the U.S. soldier suspected of disgorging unprecedented amounts of * Sandra Davidson, Ph.D., J.D., teaches media law at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and School of Law. She is also the attorney for the Columbia Missourian, the newspaper published by the School of Journalism. She gratefully acknowledges the help of her teaching assistant, David Herrera, in the preparation of this article. 27