We have a reverse source protection case. Normally, the reporter would claim privilege to prevent disclosure of a source. Now we have a public employee performing an illegal act on behalf of a reporter. The reporter is now part of the story. A grand jury should be convened to force the clerk to disclose the reporter's name. The reporter should be charged with conspiring to violate the privacy of Joe the plumber.
>>A grand jury should be convened to force the clerk to disclose the reporter’s name.<<
Remember that the cops went after the “dumb kid” who hacked Palin’s email, but AFAIK the press members (and perhaps the Dem party people) who tried to use the info have nothing to fear.