Consider the Source

Only tangentially related to baseball, but it's a topic that Jim has brought up on more than one occasion. The reporters from the San Francisco Chronicle who wrote the tell-all book about Barry Bonds are facing an investigation about how they obtained the secret grand jury testimony they used in their book. The reporters, of course, won't tell anything, claiming that they need to protect their sources.

I'm no lawyer, and I'm not knowledgeable enough in such matters to say with ay certainty that this is a valid defense. But I think it's a good thing a federal prosecutor is at least asking the question. After all, this country is supposed to be under the rule of law – even truth-seekers looking to expose the sins of a celebrity.