Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.) called for legal action to be taken against reporter Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian on Fox News Wednesday, saying his disclosing of NSA leaks from Edward Snowden and claim he would report names of CIA agents and assets around the world puts Americans in jeopardy:
MEGYN KELLY: It's not particularly newsworthy that you're calling for Snowden to be prosecuted because we've seen that over the past few days, but to take it another step and say the journalists who published the information, the guys who published what he leaked, that they should face prosecution, that is news. Do you believe that? You stand by that? Both Greenwald and the Washington Post reporter?
KING: I'm talking about Greenwald. Greenwald, not only did he disclose this information, he has said he has names of CIA agents and assets around the world and they're threatening to disclose that. The last time that was done in this country, we saw a CIA station chief murdered in Greece. No right is absolute, and even the press has certain restrictions. I think it should be very targeted and very selective and certainly a very rare exception. But in this case, when you have someone who has disclosed secrets like this and threatens to release more, then to me, yes, there has to be legal action taken against them. This is a very unusual case with life and death implications for Americans.