Members of Congress Now Want to Prosecute New York Times Journalists

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6. LA Times: "House Republicans consider prosecuting reporters over leaks"

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-security-leaks-20120712,0,641707.story

WASHINGTON — Expressing outrage over national security leaks, Republicans on a House Judiciary subcommittee pressed legal experts Wednesday on whether it was possible to prosecute reporters for publishing classified information.

The response was a qualified yes.

"Under certain circumstances, you can see that if someone acting with impunity and knowledge of the consequences goes ahead and publishes it, that is something that I think would be worthy of prosecution and punishment," said Kenneth Wainstein, a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft who specializes in national security

I never expected in my lifetime to witness the Espionage Act to be used 6 times to prosecute whistle-blowing government employees. I am not going to wait until a reporter is charged, I prefer to be pro-active.

And, from my point of view, there is only one person losing their shit.