Irony: WaPo editor praises Garland for defending free speech

The Post and other responsible news organizations appreciate the tension between the government’s constitutional obligations to respect the First Amendment and to provide for the common defense. We recognize that balancing these imperatives can be difficult. This is why the journalists we entrust with covering our national security agencies are among our most experienced and discreet. And it’s why news organizations take great care to ensure that our reporting does not recklessly put lives at risk. The new regulations attend to this balance: They do not inhibit the government’s ability to act on immediate threats or give reporters license to break the law or special treatment outside the scope of their constitutionally protected work.

[DS–The Washington Post praises Garland–who sends the FBI after private citizens for their speech–for protecting professional journalists who much more often than not cover things up for the Establishment. It is the latter the Post cares about]