Monday, October 10, 2005

Just Wondering

Re: CIA leak case.

Just One Minute wonders if The New York Times had Judy Miller's recently discovered notebook in their possession, and misled the prosecutor.

Jack Shafer at Slate wonders if prosecutor Fitzgerald will invoke "espionage law" in his pursuit of the Plame leakers. (via Instapundit)

"National-security reporters—none of whom have clearances—receive classified information for a living. If the government used espionage law to investigate government leaks to the press, the effect would be an unofficial secrets act criminalizing thousands, if not tens of thousands, of annual conversations between sources and reporters."

--LynZee