GENERALLY, it goes without saying that a nation must balance press freedom with a need to keep vital information secret – especially when a war is raging. On one hand, a lack of information could spur panic should unfounded rumours be taken as true, but on the other any information that gets across to the enemy could give them a significant advantage. It has been said in newspaper articles, in books and online that the Chicago Sunday Tribune had inadvertently leaked that the United States had broken Japanese naval codes in the lead-up to the Battle of Midway. Read full story
QuickCheck: Did an American newspaper leak a military secret during WW2
