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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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 would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government...

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government...

CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court...

CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court...

I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether...

I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether...

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at...

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at...

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...

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...

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...

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute...

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute...

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.

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...

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very...

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very...

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...

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that...

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that...

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...

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...

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.

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast...

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast...

CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle...

CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle...

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...