By assuring "journalists" - the bill's definition is broad enough to cover all of the first three categories described above - they need not fear having to divulge the source of a leak, sources will feel even less compunction than they do today to break their promises and leak with impunity.

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"If we can get the leak rate at 1% or less, then it's an OK thing for the atmosphere to make the switch (from diesel), " he said.

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As leak enthusiasts go, few resemble Julian Assange less than Daniel Domscheit-Berg.

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As with diplomats, companies do not earn trust by using every interaction with a consumer to profile them, much less by storing that information in a database that can, and often does, leak out.

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Though he has been depicted as a less than zealous defender of privacy rights, he had no doubt that the Hewlett-Packard leak investigation was a serious invasion of privacy and quite possibly criminal.

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