Comments on: Game of Shadows authors allowed to appeal before going to jail http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/07/game-of-shadows-authors-allowed-to-appeal-before-going-to-jail.html Coaching and Training From a New England Perspective Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/07/game-of-shadows-authors-allowed-to-appeal-before-going-to-jail.html/comment-page-1#comment-18681 Blaine Moore Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:16:29 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/07/game-of-shadows-authors-allowed-to-appeal-before-going-to-jail.html#comment-18681 I agree with you Wes that they have to face the consequences of their actions, and I will also respect them if they do keep their mouths shut and go to jail. My question, as poorly worded as it was, was more along the lines of should the judge have the power to issue the ultimatum in the first place? I thought that journalists had protections for their sources in place. Again, I am not really sure on the specifics so I do not know what the precedent mentioned in the article was or anything of that sort. I agree with you Wes that they have to face the consequences of their actions, and I will also respect them if they do keep their mouths shut and go to jail.

My question, as poorly worded as it was, was more along the lines of should the judge have the power to issue the ultimatum in the first place? I thought that journalists had protections for their sources in place.

Again, I am not really sure on the specifics so I do not know what the precedent mentioned in the article was or anything of that sort.

]]> By: Wes http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/07/game-of-shadows-authors-allowed-to-appeal-before-going-to-jail.html/comment-page-1#comment-18678 Wes Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:34:44 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/09/07/game-of-shadows-authors-allowed-to-appeal-before-going-to-jail.html#comment-18678 They have the right to choose, and as by all people, they must accept the consequences of their actions. I applaud their desire to keep their source secret, but I doubt it will last long once they are in the pen. They have the right to choose, and as by all people, they must accept the consequences of their actions. I applaud their desire to keep their source secret, but I doubt it will last long once they are in the pen.

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