It say the court rejected the appeal of the reporters. I'm not sure if the appeal applied to people who committed a crime by speaking to the reporters about this or if this applies more broadly. I'm hoping that they saw this as an exceptional case, which is well within the bounds of reason. In this case, talking to a reporter is in itself a crime because it puts the lives of US security agents at risk, which should be strongly discouraged. In this case, the perpetrator was hiding behind the journalists. In a whistleblower case, the whistleblower is not normally committing a crime by talking to a reporter. The reporter in that case uses immunity to hide the innocent and just, while in the case at the court the reporters were using immunity to hide the guilty.
Hopefully there will be another article that says if the justices made a distinction. I also have to agree with the cable decision, although very reluctantly. The court should defer to the federal agency with expertise in that area. It just so happens that in this case that federal agency is being run by people who do not have the best interests of US resident citizens in mind. They much prefer corporations with money. On 6/27/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought the ruling was that reporters were allowed to protect their > sources? Did I misread the article? > > > Consider this situation, lets say the CIA is involved with > > torturing > > american citizens (its an example), and someone who > > objects to this > > violation tells a reporter. He also tells them that if > > exposed it may > > at least mean jail time for him if not his life. > > > So the reporter writes up the story and the CIA now can > > compell him to > > reveal his sources. Bye bye whistleblower in this case. -- "My mind is a scary place." The Tick Now blogging.... http://www.blivit.org/blog/index.cfm http://www.blivit.org/mr_urc/index.cfm?sectionid=2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162076 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
