Journalists Should Stand Up for Whistleblowers

The Obama administration’s ongoing crusade against government whistleblowers – which culminated last year in the imprisonment of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling – has reignited a debate over the role journalists should play in defending their profession and the sources and networks on which it depends. Sterling’s serving a three-and-half-year prison term for a conviction … Continue reading “Journalists Should Stand Up for Whistleblowers”