It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.
In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world."
Generals who can write always make me nervous.
There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.
The first rough draft of history.
It's very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don't seem to realize that reporters and editors know something about national security and care deeply about it.