NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: Protecting the Accuser

The unexpected harshness of the Supreme Court decision in the case of the CIA spy who told suggests a court much preoccupied with leaks. Some critics trace this concern to the Justices' embarrassment over their own private doings as set forth in the bestselling book The Brethren and to the anticipated candor of the late Justice Douglas' forthcoming memoirs (see LAW). But the problem of leaks, and the damage they may inflict, is a real one. It has much to do with the kind of society we have become.

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