I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources. Some have even gone to jail for an issue like this. But I can't say that's the norm.

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The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was...

The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about...

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about...

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS...

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS...

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview...

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview...

I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the...

I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the...

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do...

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do...

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest...

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest...

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about...

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about...

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never...

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never...

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or...

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or...

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It...

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It...

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I...

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I...

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing...

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing...

My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the...

My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the...

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public...

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas,...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas,...

It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the...

It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the...