[KC_Conspirator]

The counterpoint is that the press protects their sources all the time and have made claims that it is a protection of their trade. Liberals have made a point of this their whole careers. For example, Woodward and Bernstein never told us who Deep Throat was and the New York Slimes and the Washington ComPost regularly have huge leading stories (almost always anti-Bush) that have "un-named sources".

[LS]

I know that is the argument. It doesn't work in wartime, why should it work in national security issues? I'm sick of the onus being placed on government or individuals to defend themselves from press slurs.