It will be, if not a master class, at least a law school exam on the reporters' privilege.

I grew up in a middle-class family. I went to law school.

These have not been happy times. I really am aghast as I look at what's been happening.

The inescapable conclusion that some could draw here is that after a certain period of time, when the reporter is fed up with being in prison, she will make a concession, ... I'm not saying that's what happened here. But that's the appearance. The danger is it will embolden others in more common garden-variety investigations to say to the judge, 'All you have to do is stick the reporter in jail, and we'll get what we want.'

The inescapable conclusion that some could draw here is that, after a certain period of time, when the reporter is fed up with being in prison, she will make a concession. I'm not saying that's what happened here. But that's the appearance.

I think this is just bizarre.