I understand that if you start prosecuting or going after reporters it’s going to put a chill on the info they can get from sources. Which in turn makes it harder for whistleblowers to come forward and report waste, fraud, abuse and just plain illegal stuff. And I think we do have the right to know how our government agencies function.

So, what’s the line that should be drawn? If someone is leaking high clearance security info, it’s going to get people killed, and ruin intel that could really stop something awful from happening. I don’t know what the answer is, but I do find it interesting that the press is all up in arms now and they could have given two shits about the passing of the PATRIOT Act and other measures taken after 9/11 that could be abused and used to do a whole host of unnecessary things to all of us, press corps or not.