Remember also that it is illegal to classify a crime for the purpose of keeping the information from the America people. It is also illegal to classify information simply because it is embarrassing to the American government. We wouldn't know about some of the most heinous war crimes of the past two decades without Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange. You don't have to like them. You don't have to share their politics. You don't have to want to go out and have a beer with them. But you do have to respect what they've done for us.
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