Ronald Reagan actually said...

There is a law that was passed—I believe it was 1954—that's very specific—not just about the media, it's about anyone who makes public information which can be dangerous to our national security.

Context

Remarks and an Informal Exchange With Reporters on the United States Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

06/02/1986

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