I'm watching Meet the Press and Russert has Bob Novak, Dana Priest and David Broder talking about this whole Wilson flap. What is being said is that it's JUST the government's job to protect classified information. It's not up to the reporters to do anything but verify and report. Anyone who is willing to report on classified information is despicable. They use the cover of "protecting sources" to justify their position. Look, you are an American FIRST, then a reporter. If you are the other way around then you cannot be trusted as a patriot. Anyone who's willing to leak/report classified information is not a friend of America or the American people.
The amount of money that is being wasted by trying to find the leaker in the White House is rising and Novak can stop this right away. This person can be found, debriefed, fired and prosecuted. If Novak is not willing to reveal his source then he needs to go to jail.
Posted by Tim at October 5, 2003 09:15 AMNo journalist worth his salt should ever reveal his sources when those sources could suffer repercussions. Ever. EVER. No matter what. Without "Deepthroats" the public would never be privy to the goings on in back-rooms, and if Novak were to back down now, what might be journalism's greatest asset would be lost.
Posted by: Nick at October 5, 2003 08:53 PM
