No, she's in jail because she refuses to testify about a CRIME that she witnessed.
Leaking classified data is still a crime, remember.
A logical person could speculate that Miller's source was "outside" the administration, and the biggest mouth among those parties seems to be none other than Joe Wilson himself.
Maybe it's time to deman that Joe Wilson release all the reporters he spoke to from their confidentiality agreements.
Wilson & Plame cannot do that - their entire concocted fiasco requires Miller maintaining their confidentiality.
No, she's in jail because she refuses to testify about a CRIME that she witnessed.
Leaking classified data is still a crime, remember.
I still think she would be subject to the law in question. It don't think it specifies that someone has to be a government employee to break it, just that they must have learned about the person's position through classified sources.
But let's assume that your interpretation is correct. The next statement doesn't necessarily follow:
She has no need to take the 5th.
She may have need of the 5th amendment right against self incrimination because of some other crime involved, such as participation in a crimnal conspiracy, or even treason.
She is only in jail for refusing to verify the source of her information
Not exactly. Even if that's the question asked, she's in prison for refusing to answer a question before the Grand Jury that the courts have ruled she is required to answer. We also don't know, for a fact, that this is the question she is refusing to answer. The Grand Jury proceedings are secret to this point. The prosecutor may be asking her other questions and she is making a blanket refusal to answer and hiding behind the "protecting my source" issue as a ruse.
I agree 100% on demanding Joe Wilson answer questions, along with that slime Korn. Hannity and Rush have both been on this in the last 24 hours. Watch this issue disappear now, since it's turning out to be more of a problem for the left than for the right.