Alias 0 #1 July 6, 2005 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aaOnA4EyVNLc&refer=us Where does the First Amendment stand, here? In this case I think she might want to spill the beans Carpe Diem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #2 July 6, 2005 I don't think the 1st Amendment was intended to be used to cover up a crime... JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #3 July 6, 2005 without protected sources the press wouldn't have anything to exercise their 1st with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #4 July 6, 2005 Quotewithout protected sources the press wouldn't have anything to exercise their 1st with. The 1st does not guarantee the press the right to confidetial informants, nor does it allow the reporter the right to be complicit in the commission of a crime... The act of leaking the information was a criminal one, it is not the same as protecting a source that leaked information that may be newsworthy and embarrassing, but not otherwise classified. JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brm04usna 0 #5 July 6, 2005 QuoteQuotewithout protected sources the press wouldn't have anything to exercise their 1st with. ...it is not the same as protecting a source that leaked information that may be newsworthy and embarrassing, but not otherwise classified. J +1. Freedom of the press only means that they can print news. It doesn't mean they're free to break into someone's office and look through their files to find the news. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
