The press is not protected by the constitution from a treasonous act. That's just plain bull****. If what Novak did was treason he should be prosecuted. If it wasn't then those making these accusations should shut the hell up.
thats an interesting way of looking at it. I'm sure Bush would be more comfortable if we all took that stance. or whoever is in the whitehouse(assumeing you keep that atitude when a democrats in).
It doesn't take a harvard law degree to figure out that naming covert intelligence opertatives is treason.
It could very well be that Novak isn't being pursued at this time because they aren't sure if higher ranking officials are well enough insulated from blame.
what ever the reason, he should be tried on treason charges. whoever suplied him with the name should be tried for treason.
as citesen we have a right and a responsability to judge what the gov't does and call for action if we don't feel they are doing what they should.
and as far as the opinions some have that him being a member of the press, or his right to free speach, somehow protect Novak, thats pure crap, we've always had reasonable limits.
to me this is the equivilant 'outting' under-cover police officers. maybe posting pictures names addresses, who their spouse is, where their kids go to school. should that be legal too?
the day after an arest you could have stories like-
"local gang member arrested today, evedence was recieved with help of undercover officer joe smith (pictured above), his wife sue(also pictured) works the night shift as a warehouse security guard at 11th and main, where she is alone from 10pm to 4am every weeknight. the couple have a beautyful 7 year old daughter (also pictured) who attends east side elementary and walks home where she waits alone for her parents until 5."
we've already had cases that proved that not everything is fit to print. remember the websight that posted names, pics and addresses of abortion doctors? If I remembor corectly the courts shut that one down.
