You have tens, hundreds of thousands of people in government, and just as many among contractors, who feel totally comfortable writing at the top of the document "internal use only," "official use only," and a million other synonyms, all of… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
Whistleblowers is another aspect that needs to be addressed. We have to restore the protections of whistleblowers and also the encouragement and rewards. It… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
The press is going to have to learn anew that it's possible to work in an environment that is not so toxic and to readopt those kinds of techniques. The relationship between the press and the Clinton White House during the later period was not a healthy one. There was a lot of hostility and a lot of suspicion. This… — Ted Gup Copy Share
If all these guys think that nothing is going to come out for 100 years, they're going to act a whole lot more boldly.… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
It will be important to restore those provisions, those disclose provisions, those release provisions so that presidents are indeed held accountable and their information… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
And fourthly there is a major shift in public opinion and attitude to accommodate to the post-9/11 mentality and the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy. I think the public has simply become increasingly accustomed to being turned away from vital information and is protesting less and less. You have some squeaky wheels out there, but I don't think they're representative… — Ted Gup Copy Share
You have tens, hundreds of thousands of people in government, and just as many among contractors, who feel totally comfortable writing at the top… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
One of the principal factors fueling the proliferation of the abuse of secrecy and sensitive but unclassifieds is the administration's adherence to the unitary executive principal. This administration more than any of its predecessors believes that it is its responsibility to collect power onto itself in the executive office when it comes to the conduct of war, foreign policy, the… — Ted Gup Copy Share
I don't think the question is if should we have a shield law. I think the question is what kind of shield law we should have. Yes, I'd like to see a federal shield law, but if and only if it provides genuine safeguards and doesn't green-light prosecutors and judges and litigants from going after the press and getting things… — Ted Gup Copy Share
I love the idea of a shield law; I don't know of any journalist who doesn't love the idea of a shield law. It's… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
The level of trust is extraordinarily low and the level of suspicion extraordinarily high, and with good reason and on both sides. The press… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
If you are a reporter trying to find out what the hell's going on in government now, you have a devilish time. It is murder to set up an interview. It is murder to get someone's phone number. It's murder to be able to get in and talk to someone without a handler being present to chill it, or who… — Ted Gup Copy Share
There's no faster way or surer way to consolidate power and disenfranchise critics than to operate in secret. So this plays squarely into the… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
