Freedom of the Press

The New York Times and other media forms present information that is obviously freely available to the public. The media do not use special ESP to get secrets, they ask people, or are told. Then they tell others. This is the job of media and is not fundamentally dangerous, it is fundamentally necessary.

The media functions as one of the state's checks and balances, and Americans' primary form of interaction with goverment, second to voting. It is critical that media be vicious in testing and examining the government.

The state needs to keep certain secrets, such as sensitive military plans, sensitive espionage programs, and certain routes of money administration to these efforts. Routine surveillance and methods of surveillance is not sensitive espionage. It is a potential threat to the 4th amendment, which must be made public and decided by the courts. It should have been decided by the courts before it was implemented. If it is unconstituitonal, the American people should sue the state in a public action to change the organization of government and intelligence methodology.