Do you have Sam's credit info?
-----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:13 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Reporters Will Reveal Sources Yes. Even though I would call that poor judgement on the reporter's part. By the way, I just glanced over a news story on this, and the TIME reporter was not involved in the leak; he merely wrote a story about it. Dana On 6/30/05, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I have access to your credit information and pass it on to a reporter > who prints it as part of a story on how easy it is to access people's > credit information. I have just ruined your credit by providing that > information to millions of people. Some of whom will use it for illegal > purposes. Should I be protected? Even though the information I provided > was private and could possibly ruin you financially. > > Especially if I did this as a vendetta against you. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Reporters Will Reveal Sources > > I have blocked out the details of the Plame case but in general the > confidentiality of sources is valuable for its potential to shed the > light of day on government wrongdoing. That is worth protecting, kind > of like freedom of speech is worth protecting even if it's Nazis doing > the talking. > > As I recall the name of an undercover agen was leaked in retaliation > for the actions of her husband... that's the one we are talking about? > Seems to me an example of the say that hard cases make bad law. > > Dana > > > On 6/30/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NEW YORK - Time Inc. said Thursday it would comply with a court order > > to deliver the notes of a reporter threatened with jail in the > > investigation of the leak of an undercover > > CIA officer's name. > > > > In a statement, Time said it believes "the Supreme Court has limited > > press freedom in ways that will have a chilling effect on our work and > > that may damage the free flow of information that is so necessary in a > > democratic society." ' > > --------------------- > > > > I'm not sure I agree with that. The reporters essentially helped a > > source commit a federal crime and I don't believe freedom of the press > > extends that far. That is, I don't think the law permits reporters to > > assist in a federal crime. > > > > For example, let's say a reporter has a mob source. Even though the > > source is committing crimes, the reporter isn't helping, they're just > > reporting on the activity. Or take Watergate, while it was a crime to > > release the Deepthroat info, the reporters were reporting on another > > crime committed by gov't. > > > > In this case, the reporters were revealing the identity of a CIA agent > > not because of gov't wrong doing, but to explain why Mr. Bush chose an > > envoy. And the revelation was not in support of abuse of power but > > was actually abusing power. The reporters essentially assisted a > > gov't official commit a federal crime and the beneficiary was the > > gov't. > > > > Why should the constitution protect government publicity? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162497 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
