| | Unofficial Official Secrets Act - SourceWatch |
 | | The article "Bush's Unofficial 'Official Secrets Act': How the Justice Department Has Pushed to Criminalize The Disclosure of Non-Security Related Government Information" by John W. Dean was published in the September 26, 2003, edition of FindLaw's Writ. |
 | | Dean wrote that, "Except in a few highly egregious circumstances relating to national security information (espionage and atomic secrets), the U.S. Congress has, in the past, never made it a crime to leak information to the news media. |
 | | "Despite the free speech costs, President George W. Bush has created the equivalent of an official secrets act for America - and it is only growing stronger. |
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