Article 1V9FE Washington Post: first newspaper ever to call for prosecution of its own source

Washington Post: first newspaper ever to call for prosecution of its own source

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Cory Doctorow
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The Washington Post was one of the newspapers that participated in the initial Snowden disclosures; Barton Gellman won a well-deserved Pulitzer for his work on them -- but now the paper's editorial board have called on the US government to imprison Edward Snowden, making it the first paper in US history to demand the prosecution of its own source, specifically to punish him for bringing them the story they published. (more")

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