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Originally posted by sgtclub
You don't see the "decision by Novak" as being governmentally cohersed?
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If a client choose to waive ACP, is the lawyer's disclosure of communications coerced? No--the right is the source's to be free from disclosure of identity. Novak (or the press generally) are simply the third party best positioned to assert that right. If the source can't claim it, why should Novak be able to? And what interest does it preserve if he maintains the confidentiality--of sources who leak information contrary to the wishes of the admin? That's not much of an interest--a bit like protecting the right of the press to publish illegally obtained private materials.
