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There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there…

— Alberto Gonzales

It can be held certain that information that is withheld or suppressed contains truths that are detrimental to the persons involved in the suppression.

— J. Edgar Hoover

It's enshrined in our Constitution that an individual has a right to release information and disseminate information that makes the powers that be uncomfortable.

— Moby

Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.

— Leon Panetta

The DISCLOSE Act is a testament to the wisdom of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. The First Amendment sought to place political…

— Bradley A. Smith

Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.

— Edward Snowden

But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have…

— Alberto Gonzales

The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents.

— Noam Chomsky

I think that it is not right to deny a constitutional right based on simple, derogatory information that's been reported but not investigated. By…

— Susan Collins

Long before the 2016 presidential campaign, confidential sources had alerted me to longstanding misuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court system and the erosion…

— Sharyl Attkisson

Constitutional provisions are not barriers to government misconduct. At best, they can be speed bumps.

— Arnold Kling

Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.

— John Ashcroft