Free Scooter Libby!
"If leaks are vital to the freedom of the press, then surely both of the people needed to create a leak—the reporter and the source—deserve protection. If Judy Miller is a martyr of press freedom, then so is Scooter Libby."-- MICHAEL KINSLEY
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Labels: freedom of the press, Judy Miller, Scooter Libby
2 Comments:
... Er... if by "free scooter libby" you mean "have him help take down Cheney and Rove" than I'd say you're right. I'm cool with leaks. I'm not cool with leaks that could get a the wife of a liberal activist killed simply because the neocon leaders are petty douchebags. So go ahead and free scooter libby, but find a law that arrests the rest of them for attempted murder. Fair trade?
That's Kinsley's headline.
The article makes a good point that leaks are the life blood of journalism, but they don't distinguish between "good" and "bad" leaks.
I'm with you. Putting many people's lives in danger for political reasons is criminal.
It shouldn't have been leaked and, employing discretion, should never have been reported.
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