The WikiLeaks disclosures this fall should not be used as a springboard for new, more restrictive laws, lawmakers, attorneys and policy analysts said in a House hearing Thursday. The hearing was held by the House Judiciary Committee on the legal and national-security ramifications of the WikiLeaks incident. The reflexive secrecy that emerged after 9/11 has helped contribute to an atmosphere in which far too much government data is classified or otherwise kept secret without any real justification, the witnesses said. There is a measure under consideration in the Senate right now called the SHIELD Act that would provide for penalties for illegally disclosing classified information.
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