debate journalists and their sources i spoke earlier to journalist and wiki leaks spokesman kristinn hrafnsson i first asked him what he thought of the accusation that journalists who publish snowden leaks are committing a crime. believe absolutely ludicrous and nothing new though lou this has been going on escalating for the last three years since weeklies and of course with all explosive revelations it is going to shoot the messenger and in effect to criminalize journalism. it's absolutely outrageous if this were to come from james clapper who lost for being lied to congress which is of felony and nobody's talking about bringing him to justice which he should i mean he committed perjury was his can be mean up to five years in prison and you had mentioned that this is a way to go after journalists this language that we're hearing from people like clapper and journalists glenn greenwald shares the same sentiment as you want to bring up this tweet related to this he says quote the main value in bandying about theories of prosecuting journalists is the hope that it will bolster the climate of fe

their sources i'm joined now by somebody who knows a lot about that wiki leaks spokes person kristinn hrafnsson welcome chris said so we are air here in from government leaders a particularly james clapper the director of national intelligence he has gone as far as calling a journalist that publish snowden leaks his accomplices that the where they used to suggest that reporters are taking part in in a crime what do you think about this accusation. well is that really absolutely ludicrous and nothing new though this has been going on in escalating for the past three years since weeklies can force with or explosive revelations it is time to shoot the messenger and in effect to criminalize journalism. it's absolutely outrageous as if this were to come print james clapper who last freeing lied to congress which is of felony and nobody's talking about bringing him to justice which he should i mean he committed perjury was is can be mean up to five years in prison and you had mentioned that this is a way to go after journalists this language that we're hearing from people like clapper and journalists