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McIntyre

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Thu Jul-07-05 03:00 PM
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39. I'm all for journalists protecting sources...

but this wasn't a news story to begin with. Karl Rove (or anyone else) whispering in a reporter's ear "BTW, Valerie Plame is a CIA operative", doesn't rise to the level of legitimate news (requiring source protection) but it does rise to the level of a crime (requiring prosecution). So Rove's the alleged perpetrator, Miller, Cooper, Novak, etc., are accessories to the crime by obstructing justice, right?

I really don't see this as a journalist/source argument at all.

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