I'm under the impression that prisoners aren't allowed to vote. We aren't talking about a constitutional guarantee of a right and even some of those rights are taken away if you are guilty of a crime. "Freedom of the press" doesn't mean "to do whatever the heck they want." They do get in trouble when they knowingly slander people, for instance. The Bill of Rights has been interpreted to allow reporters to hide their sources. It's not really a guaranteed right. In this case, the person being hidden is pretty much legally defined as a traitor and the reporters who published the information have clearly collaborated with a traitor by publishing the information. Not only are they possibly guilty of a crime by publishing the information, they are also impeding a treason investigation-- instead of using the right to expose wrongdoing, they are using the right to hide wrongdoing.
If they were being prosecuted, they could probably plead the fifth. But if they did we would never know for sure who the source was and so the reporters will get off for any crime they committed by publishing the information. I'm not saying that I necessarily agree with the decision but I do see a valid reason for a distinction there and this is an extreme and very specific case. I'm just hoping that they specified that. Has anyone read if they specified that? On 6/27/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's it exactly, you cannot have selective rights based on the > person. Its the same basic philosophy with the ACLU - you have to > protect the rights of everyone, even obnoxious or offensive types like > the KKK or neo-Nazis. -- "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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162089 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
