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There is an obligation both moral, but also legal, I believe, against a reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security.

"Is Edward Snowden a Hero? A Debate with Journalist Chris Hedges & Law Scholar Geoffrey Stone". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.truth-out.org. June 13, 2013.
There is an obligation both moral, but also legal, I believe, against a reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security.