Slate , a basically American publication, to risk its future on a crusade to reform the excessive secrecy laws of the United Kingdom would have been a lovely gesture.
Slate didn't want to change secrecy laws.
mnli hypothesis: Slate didn't want to change secrecy laws. premise: Slate , a basically American publication, to risk its future on a crusade to reform the excessive secrecy laws of the United Kingdom would have been a lovely gesture.