between protecting a source who legally provides information that leads to public awareness of a story that is in the interest of good government - and protecting a source who illegally leaks information that serves no purpose in promoting the public interest!
The specific information that Miller published served absolutely no purpose toward better government! It was simply sensational information that was completely irrelevant to the larger story.
Protecting a whistle blower is admirable. Protecting a felon is criminal.
To compare her to Rosa Parks and MLK is to compare falsely shouting 'fire' in a crowded theatre, to calling 9-1-1 to report that your neighbor's house is ablaze!
The woman is in jail where she ought to be. And if editors at the NYT don't know the difference between the public trust and a personal vendetta, they are nothing but muck rakers.
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