was held in content and spent time in jail and the ongoing case of another alleged cia leaker jeffrey sterling new york times reporter james risin seen here has been told by the court that he does not have to reveal his sources and that's a decision that the obama administration is appealing so the point is revealing sources can be a career ending move for journalists and sources are often legally protected furthermore we know that's not the case here we spoke to the justice department today and they told us that the e-mails were obtained from search warrants granted by a federal judge and they did not directly name the journalists but the d.o.j. spokesperson did not say who federal investigators were authorized to search only that additional information will be. revealed as the trial progresses so let's engage in some informed speculation shall we one possible scenario is rather straightforward kiriakou his e-mails were searched he had to turn them over and exchanges between himself and the three journalists turned up another possible course of action is that a court required get no defense l

who people widely believed to be jeffrey sterling and now that's up on appeal and kiriakou scase there are journalists all over the charges have journalists aid generalist be journalists be and in the indictment journalist a journalist be journalist and be. again a high profile new york times journalist jim rise and but scott shane incurious so we're seeing a lot of examples here here at r.t. we cover this whole issue of whistle blowing a lot particularly with bradley manning you know the army private accused of blowing the whistle and sending hundreds of thousands of documents to wiki leaks and which has made his public document public meetings on his public excuse me which one do you think is the most shocking. of the cases that were of what of the cases wow i think i mean i'm most familiar with thomas drake and with john kiriakou and i find both have been to have been brought in bad faith and overzealous use and very flimsy cases. in which multiple i mean upwards of between five and ten plea bargain offers you know were made early on in the case. which showed how weak the case turne