Don't prosecute Gizmodo for the lost 4G iPhone.: "In 1971, the New York Times got a hold of a secret Defense Department report on the Vietnam War and began to publish excerpts. The Nixon administration promptly prosecuted the Times for treason and obtained court orders stopping publication. The leaker, Daniel Ellsberg, was subject to a CIA-aided effort to gain his medical files and was also prosecuted for treason, theft, and other crimes.
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(Via Slate Magazine.)
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