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Walter Pincus

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Walter Pincus reports on national security issues for The Washington Post.

Secrets and the Press

‘Some secrets deserve to be kept, and even secrets uncovered might not merit being put in public print, on television or on the Internet.’
March 15, 2008

Seeking Journalistic Courage in Washington, D.C.

‘The disturbing trend is that more and more of these informational offerings are nothing but PR peddled as “news.”’
June 15, 2006

Anonymous Sources: Their Use in a Time of Prosecutorial Interest

How are decisions made about publishing information from confidential sources?
June 15, 2005