Did anyone notice this admission from the NYT that Glenn Greenwald linked to today??
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-08/nyt-flashback-if-donald-trump-targets-journalists-thank-obama
2nd to last paragraph:
>More significantly, the Obama administration won a ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in my case that determined that there was no such thing as a “reporter’s privilege” — the right of journalists not to testify about their confidential sources in criminal cases. The Fourth Circuit covers Virginia and Maryland, home to the C.I.A., the Pentagon and the National Security Agency, and thus has jurisdiction over most leak cases involving classified information. That court ruling could result, for example, in a reporter’s being quickly jailed for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Trump administration’s Justice Department to reveal the C.I.A. sources used for articles on the agency’s investigation into Russian hacking during the 2016 presidential election.
>to reveal the C.I.A. sources used for articles on the agency’s investigation into Russian hacking during the 2016 presidential election.
>the C.I.A. sources used for articles
If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama
By James Risen
Dec. 30, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/opinion/sunday/if-donald-trump-targets-journalists-thank-obama.html
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