The government appears to be going very aggressively after these types of leak cases, ... and when reporters are involved, I'm just gritting my teeth.

While we've always had a certain number of federal prosecutors going after journalists, we're seeing a different type of phenomenon — the federal employee who's been wronged. If you can somehow compel the journalists to be agents of discovery, it's going to have a chilling effect. This is very troubling.

It's really ridiculous. I'm just waiting for the first search of a newsroom to come down and for someone to say, 'You can't report we just searched you.

There is no question that there are more restrictions coming down. There is rampant secrecy in both federal and state courtrooms.

I know a journalist when I see one.

While we’ve always had a certain number of federal prosecutors going after journalists, we’re seeing a different type of phenomenon — the federal employee who’s been wronged. If you can somehow compel the journalists to be agents of discovery, it’s going to have a chilling effect, ... This is very troubling.