When you get new people in, you're going to have a breath of fresh air and there's going to be a window when people will decide what direction to go. It'll be determined by outside events, by the personalities that… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
One of the things that will probably need to be addressed is in the treatment of history, i.e. the Presidential Papers Act. If they can act with impunity, if they know that what they're doing is not going to see… — 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… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Gup Copy Share Image
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
