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UK wants to reform Official Secrets law by pretending journalism doesn't exist

Over at the Guardian there is an important article – which is also worth reading just for its byline

A rare sighting in the wild of Duncans Campbell

The article in turn refers to this government consultation document.

The document is interesting (and worrying) in many ways – but one significant feature is how it shows the state has realised that the old state secrecy model in unsustainable in the new technological and media context.

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