This is in line with what we have seen before. The "war on the whistle blower".
Next we'll see attempts to make it illegal to publish classified information after it has been received (or maybe it is already - see the Wikileaks disaster). In that case the reporter and the news outlet itself would be held responsible.
I'm not surprised because courts have been holding reporters in contempt for decades for attempting to assert a privilege against outing sources that the law does not recognize.
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Anybody surprised about this?
This is in line with what we have seen before. The "war on the whistle blower".
Next we'll see attempts to make it illegal to publish classified information after it has been received (or maybe it is already - see the Wikileaks disaster). In that case the reporter and the news outlet itself would be held responsible.
I'm not surprised because courts have been holding reporters in contempt for decades for attempting to assert a privilege against outing sources that the law does not recognize.