Jim Bell sentenced to 10 years in prison

[Declan McCullagh]

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 that you must divulge unpublished information about sources if you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