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While the Manning case could set a troubling precedent for journalists, there still seems to be a different standard when it comes to prosecutions, with some high-profile, establishment journalists continuing to report on classified briefings without any apparent repercussions for them or their sources.
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At the level of the individual pilot or weapon system operator though, without the intelligence briefings available to their bosses, the sense of progress is less tangible.
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