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In reply to the discussion: If you don't think we're already living in a police state, consider this. [View all]99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Judith Miller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller
James Risen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Risen
And they were the "lucky" ones, Michael Hastings and Aaron Swartz weren't so lucky.
Hastings was killed on the eve of a breaking a big story exposing corruption in the Pentagon,
and Swartz was "suicided".
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-usa-journalist-carcrash-idUSBRE95I04520130619
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
Snowden, while not a journalist, would be jailed for his role in exposing US gov't lies and illegal spying.
Greenwald is generally regarded as a journalist, and is at risk of being jailed for his role in Snowden revelations.
Julian Aasange (remember him) is still in hiding in Equadorian embassy in UK
We can quibble about who's a 'real' journalist or not, but the pattern is pretty clear.
Exposing official corruption is a risky, sometimes deadly, profession.