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.

> larry


s. isaac dealey   954.522.6080
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