I don't like pubs http://jillianreilly.com/domestic-violence-paper/ blanket essay on misrepresentation resort The rape analogies are incredibly weak and arguably offensive. That being said, serious question: Why isn’t it illegal for a journalist to try to persuade someone with clearance to disclose classified information? And as that’s a serious question, please don’t respond by glibly quoting the First Amendment, which if we were to read it literally guarantees the right to publish/report on (i.e., via the printing press) information once it’s been obtained and does not clearly state that individuals of a particular profession are granted special privileges when it comes to whether or not it’s okay for them to try to get somebody else to commit a crime on their behalf. And despite the fact that it’s largely been taken for granted that reporters can do this (because they always have done it), what we take for granted as being true isn’t always what actually is true. So again, why are journalists allowed to persuade people to commit any crimes–but crimes against the State in particular?