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2004-12-16 Fifth Column

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Posted by .com 2004-12-16 1:57:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Un? WTF? The first amendment doesn't give you a license to break the law. Break the law, go to jail. If you consort with criminals expect to get handed a jail sentence from time to time. As far as I know there is no federal shield law. Yes federal judges can toss you into jail and keep the key. This is the real world everyone else lives in. If you don't like it get a new job.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-16 4:20:58 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-12-16 4:20:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder what Judith Miller will look like in stripes? Does she make good license plates?

Posted by Capt America 2004-12-16 7:20:40 AM|| 2004-12-16 7:20:40 AM|| Front Page Top

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Imprisoning journalists is typically associated with tyrannies and dictatorships, making it ironic that U.S. judges in the past six months have threatened at least eight reporters with sanctions or jail time for not naming sources, said First Amendment Center Ombudsman Paul McMasters.

They're not in trouble for what they said, they're in trouble because they're breaking the law! What the heck makes this so hard for them to understand?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-12-16 9:19:11 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-12-16 9:19:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 They're not in trouble for what they said, they're in trouble because they're breaking the law! What the heck makes this so hard for them to understand?

Specificly, the real problem is not what the reporters are saying, but rather what the reporters are not saying. Who spilled the beans?

It goes well with the fact that where in most of the rest of the world only the rich/powerful are fat, here in the U.S. typicly only the poor/powerless are fat.

Posted by N Guard 2004-12-16 9:50:17 AM|| 2004-12-16 9:50:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hmmm, seems that journalists are prepared to go to jail to protect the sanctity of the Source, except when the Sources in question are those who told Novak that Valerie Plame was with the CIA. Then it's the sources who need to be outed and jailed. Kinda funny, doncha think? Or doncha?

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-12-16 10:56:33 AM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-12-16 10:56:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 They're in the slam for contempt, and can get out any time they like - by telling the judge what s/he wants to know.

There IS NO LICENSE to break the law implied in a journalism degree, folks.

Posted by mojo 2004-12-16 12:23:12 PM|| 2004-12-16 12:23:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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