If you don't think we're already living in a police state, consider this.

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163. Judith Miller....

... it is every citizen's duty to provide testimony in court when required to, either to exonerate an innocent defendant or to convict a guilty one. Refusal to do so is contempt of court, not "journalism" and punishment for contempt of court is not the "criminalization" of journalism.

James Risen....

Subpoenaed to give testimony in a criminal case, he challenged the subpoena and, eventually, lost on appeal to the supreme court. Spent no time in jail (according to the wiki article) and has not been compelled to testify. Once again, it is every citizen's duty to provide testimony in court when required to, either to exonerate an innocent defendant or to convict a guilty one. Refusal to do so is contempt of court, not "journalism" and punishment for contempt of court is not the "criminizlization" of journalism.

Aaron Swartz....

Huh? This guy? Committed suicide after being threatened with prosecution for breaking and entering? Has nothing to do with journalism, let along the "criminalization" of journalism". This is just breaking and entering. And stealing. As far as being "suicided", you might want to pursue that in the "Offbeat - Creative Speculation" group, where this sort of cheap innuendo belongs.

Michael Hastings....

More cheap innuendo. As before, belongs in the "Offbeat - Creative Speculation" group.


Greenwald...

In October 2014, around the same time that Greenwald dropped his first NSA scoop, Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking at a Washington, D.C. event, said this: “[T]he [Justice] Department has not prosecuted, and for as long as I’m attorney general of the United States, will not prosecute any reporter for doing his or her job.”

Snowden....

Snowden is not a journalist like Greenwald his case is very different different In the August 2006 opinion of U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III, in an espionage case "The first class consists of persons who have access to the information by virtue of their official position. These people are most often government employees or military personnel with access to classified information, or defense contractors with access to classified information, and are often bound by contractual agreements whereby they agree not to disclose classified information. As such, they are in a position of trust with the government. The second class of persons are those who have no employment or contractual relationship with the government, and therefore have not exploited a relationship of trust to obtain the national defense information they are charged with disclosing, but instead generally obtained the information from one who has violated such a trust."