Thread:Comments:Scottish Justice Secretary 'acutely aware of unusual publicity' in Kular case/UK & Commonwealth tradition v. US laws/reply (2)

One of the core principles of journalism is that the world benefits from more transparency and more checks to the system. There are already plenty of examples on Wikinews of articles that publish information on arrests and charges, such as California teacher arrested after photos indicated lewd acts on children. I was not shocked about the publication of this story because it has news value. Normally, these situations are about issues or problems in the community that citizens need to know about, the legal system also benefits from operating through transparency and not from operating behind closed doors, as well as other benefits including motivating people to solve problems. Would the Roman Catholic Church have benefited from more transparency? The Church did itself a great disservice and to its adherents from its opacity. Again I'm reading the article through the eyes of an American, and I know that we could publish it online in the US and everybody in the UK could then have access to it. Who would be legally liable? As long as no UK citizen worked on the article, it seems to me that nothing could be done by the authorities in the UK.