Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

To the extent that there is a public “right to know,” there must also be limitations on that right, fixed in accordance with the kind of country the public wants the United States to be.”

Every citizen, including—particularly including—those employed with major media organs has a responsibility to prevent ongoing operational secrets from falling into the hands of our enemies by complying with the law regarding classified information.

Comprehensive WikiLeaks coverage from the New York Times.

A Federalist Society panel of free speech and national security experts discusses what, if anything, can be done about the Wikileaks matter. Who, if anyone, can or should be prosecuted, and for what? How strong is a potential free speech defense? What is the potential liability of re-publishers? As technology continues to develop, who qualifies as a “journalist” and “press?” These and other questions were addressed by Floyd Abrams, Gabriel Schoenfeld, Eric Snyder and Jamil N. Jaffer.

With few notable exceptions, it’s been left to foreign journalism organizations to offer the loudest calls for the U.S. to recognize WikiLeaks’ and Assange’s right to publish under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

By disclosing national defense secrets allegedly purloined by a rogue soldier, Assange has damaged American combat operations, intelligence collection and diplomacy.

It will surprise many that there is no statute making it illegal to reveal classified information.

An organization has obtained secret documents. They are newsworthy, but they could be damaging as well, to national interests and individuals. Do you publish?

This paper examines vetting arrangements described by journalists and capsule case histories of both agreement and refusal to withhold information

A fifty-three-page report, obtained by The New Yorker, written by Major General Antonio M. Taguba and not meant for public release, was completed in late February. Its conclusions about the institutional failures of the Army prison system were devastating.

The secret history of America’s “extraordinary rendition” program.

Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, counterterrorism officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database and examined banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States, according to government and industry officials.