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Originally Posted by Damien
I know it's a criminal offense. That is one of the reasons why it's important for Journalists to protect their sources.
The difference here is that it was clearly in the public interest to reveal this information and to report on it. What is to stop the police or government to use this tact to stop other releases of information they don't like? After all pretty much every police or government leak is passing on confidential information. It's a serious problem if it's exposing people's private information, it's a different thing when it's passing on information about corruption or other ill-doing by those in power.
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So who makes the choice on what is and what is not in the public interest. What you may think is in the public interest There is others who may not, Where does that stop and with WHO.
BTW who said it was ok for the Guardian to break the law or encourage a police officer to break the law, are the Guardian exempt from UK laws unlike you and me ?. Again i will ask why should the HRA be used to protect the Guardian if they have broken the LAW?
BTW before you accuse me of supporting that this information should not have been released, i do feel we should have been told about it, However its the law i am looking at and why the Guardian seem to think they are above it and untouchable ?