Reporting undermines White House legal defense
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The revelation that Vance was the source for one of the stories cited as justification for the ban weakens the administration's legal argument that anonymously sourced reporting compromises national security, since it was the administration itself that granted anonymity in exchange for the information.
“Publication of sensitive security information, and misinformation about national security information, diverts White House resources and those of the national security team in particular.”
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What was reported 2 claims about this development
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first by Independent UK, 23h ago · also The Independent
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first by The New Republic, 23h ago
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Yeah Republicans in Congress would magically resume their duty shockingly fast under a Vance presidency. Trump has some bizarre stranglehold over the party. Vance isn’t remotely close.
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He did look truly stunned on election night of the 2016 campaign. He looked like he didn’t expect or even want to win.
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