Mediagazer: Even Crazy Bloggers Deserve Safety From Subpoenas (Noah Feldman/Bloomberg)

12:05 AM ET, July 26, 2013

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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:

Even Crazy Bloggers Deserve Safety From Subpoenas — The government has ways to make you talk, as writer James Risen was reminded when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered him last week to testify against the Central Intelligence Agency source who told him about covert operations regarding Iran's nuclear facilities.

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

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