[liberationtech] Democrats rally around pledge not to use hacked documents (Wash Post)

[Richard Brooks]

I don't get it. So, they would not look at the Pentagon
Papers or other evidence of crimes that have been
suppressed?

It seems to me that the important thing is the information,
not the source. Or am I just ill-informed with regards to
journalism and ethics?

I get the fruit of a poisoned tree thing for government
prosecutions. But, won't this type of standard make it
easier to suppress whistle-blower information pointing
out government malfeasance?

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