During the Civil War, President Lincoln wanted to prevent those who sided with the Confederacy from leaking information to the South. The way in which he made sure this did not happen was that he forced Union generals to stop papers from publishing battle plans. He hoped that this would lead to the North wining the war, but many did not really agree with his actions and accused him of infringing upon their constitutional rights (Holzer, 2014, p. 33).
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