As expected, James Risen lost his appeal to the Fourth Circuit of the decision that he must disclose his source.  The decision was announced today in the NYT: “Court Rejects Appeal Bid by Writer in Leak Case.”

As I suggested in my book “Fighting for the Press: the Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other battles,” it is becoming more probable that we will face the spectacle of President Obama putting Risen in Jail. 

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Risen isn’t any old reporter.  He is the one who won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking the NSA story in 2006.

Click to listen to Marty Moss-Coane’s interview with me on WHYY public media in Philadelphia: “The Inside Story of Press Freedom.” October 11,2013.

Click also to listen to a recent show I did with Moose Miller on CBS Minnesota: feed://podcastrss.play.it/steele-talkin-with-jearlyn-steele_mp3_128.xml

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