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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=davidjohnson1451@comcast.net
href="mailto:davidjohnson1451@comcast.net">davidjohnson1451@comcast.net</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 11, 2014 9:13 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Help an American reporter stay out of jail</DIV></DIV>
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join with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg to
<B>take action now for freedom of the press.</B><BR><BR>He's
working with us to launch an urgent petition -- at this
crucial time for the First Amendment.<BR><BR><A
href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pVBln9%2BDoijnXC8YXKisMzO%2Fjgi9eJAL"><B>To
join with Ellsberg in signing the petition, click
here.</B></A><BR><BR>The U.S. government is insisting that
<I>New York Times</I> "national security" reporter James Risen
reveal a confidential source -- or go to jail. Risen says he
won’t capitulate.<BR><BR><B>Now you can let this journalist
and top government officials know that you’re in solidarity
with his brave stand for a free press.</B> <A
href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KgwVtgKVDWHgRtOaq%2BI4eDO%2Fjgi9eJAL"><B>Sign
the petition "We Support James Risen Because We Support a Free
Press."</B></A><BR><BR>Why is your support so
important?<BR><BR>The Freedom of the Press Foundation has
called the government's effort to force Risen to reveal a
source "<B>one of the most significant press freedom cases in
decades</B>."<BR><BR>Daniel Ellsberg says: "The pursuit of
Risen is a warning to potential sources that journalists
cannot promise them confidentiality for disclosing Executive
Branch criminality, recklessness, deception, unconstitutional
policies or lying us into war. <B>Without protecting
confidentiality, investigative journalism required for
accountability and democracy will wither and
disappear.</B>"<BR><BR><A
href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yzh8SclC2qINlKwWhkAeHTO%2Fjgi9eJAL"><B>Amplify
our combined voices. Click here to sign the petition to
President Obama and Attorney General Holder.</B></A><BR><BR>A
recent brief from the Obama administration to the nation's top
court "is <B>unflinchingly hostile</B> to the idea of the
Supreme Court creating or finding protections for
journalists," <I>Politico</I> reported.<BR><BR>The newspaper
added that Risen "might be sent to jail or fined if he refuses
to identify his sources or testify about other details of his
reporting."<BR><BR>This threat is <B>truly ominous</B>. As
Ellsberg puts it, "We would know less than we do now about
government abuses, less than we need to know to hold officials
accountable and to influence policy
democratically."<BR>
<BR><B>So much is at stake: for whistleblowers, freedom of the
press and the public's right to know. And for
democracy.</B><BR><BR>That’s why RootsAction is joining forces
with the Center for Media and Democracy, Fairness &
Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), the Freedom of the Press
Foundation and <I>The Nation</I> magazine to insist on
protection for the confidentiality of journalists’
sources.<BR><BR><A
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sign the petition and share it with people you
know.</B></A><BR><BR>Thank you!<BR><BR>-- The RootsAction.org
team<BR><BR>P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force
endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West,
Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher
Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk,
Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, and many
others.<BR><BR>Background:<BR>> <A
href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bW7I2EPZvz%2F6So0bnv5URzO%2Fjgi9eJAL"
target=_blank><I>Freedom of the Press Foundation:</I> Court
Guts Reporter’s Privilege</A><BR>> <A
href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FuljaM2Bmsk0VQXFEa4KhTO%2Fjgi9eJAL"
target=_blank><I>Truthout:</I> Conversation With James Risen:
Can Journalists Protect Their Sources?</A><BR>> <A
href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Im9uiEEDHdE6LtPWHDsdGAEQY192TP0P"
target=_blank><I>Politico: </I>Justice Department Urges SCOTUS
to Pass Up Reporter’s Privilege Case</A><BR>> <A
href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i7rpeAv6ceL6j3joyIY8bjO%2Fjgi9eJAL"
target=_blank><I>Justice Department Brief: </I>James Risen v.
United States of America</A><BR> <BR> </P>
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