And furthermore, ask not for whom the bell tolls.
Another black day for journalism in America, for democracy, and for civil liberties.In a major decision about press freedoms, a divided federal appeals court on Friday ruled that James Risen, an author and a reporter for The New York Times, must testify in the criminal trial of a former Central Intelligence Agency official charged with providing him with classified information.
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[The court] ruled that the First Amendment provides no protection to reporters who receive unauthorized leaks from being forced to testify against the people suspected of leaking to them.
NYT
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