Re: Jim Bell sentenced to 10 years in prison

On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 04:37:37PM -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:

Just because the "homeland war" -- which you seem overly fixated on -- will likely lead to an erosion of some liberties, it does not logically follow that it will lead to an erosion of all of them. I urge you and any other publisher/reporter/commentator types reading this not to stand up for your First Amendment rights and not assume that you must divulge unpublished information about sources if you

Too many "not"s in that sentence. I obviously meant that you should stand up for your 1A rights as a reporter/publisher/commentator. That does impose a cost (mental and legal), true. But if you want to be a reporter/publisher/commentator, it's the cost of doing business. -Declan