Reply #38: The principle here is not what the President approves of.

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A free press is meant as a check on government, not a lap dog.

Assange contacted our State Department before this last release and offered to redact anything they told him would put lives in jeopardy. They blew him off. This isn't about lives or 'national security' (how Nixonian). This is about a government that lies to its people and doesn't want to get caught at it.