Reply #3: Apples and Oranges, legally

[DefenseLawyer]

Although on a moral and ethical level it would appear unjust. Judith Miller is not in jail for a crime, she is in jail for being in contempt of court, after refusing to testify without a legal basis to refuse. Novak obviously sang like a bird to the grand jury, thus he was in no danger of such a contempt citation. It seems unlikely that Novak committed a crime himself when he revealed what the white house had leaked to him, but that remains to be seen. At the end of the day, crime or no crime, he is a bitter, old, talentless, unethical hack. So he's got that going for him.