New York Times Reporter Is Jailed for Keeping Source Secret - New York Times

New York Times Reporter Is Jailed for Keeping Source Secret - New York Times: "'If journalists cannot be trusted to guarantee confidentiality, then journalists cannot function and there cannot be a free press,' she read from a statement as she stood before Judge Hogan. 'The right of civil disobedience is based on personal conscience, it is fundamental to our system and it is honored throughout our history,' she said before court officers led her away, looking shaken."

She is absolutely correct and I am in awe of her courage. She is a hero and her Judge and prosecutor are very small men indeed.