# Claim 212

Miller said a reporter's ability to keep confidences was essential to a free press.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Miller said a reporter's ability to keep confidences was essential to a free press.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Miller on source confidentiality
- About: [incident 2005-us-judith-miller-jailed-plame-source](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2005-us-judith-miller-jailed-plame-source)
- Source: Reporter Judith Miller Jailed for Refusing to Reveal Plame Case Source. https://www.rcfp.org/reporter-judith-miller-jailed-refusing-reveal-plame-case-source/
- Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2005-07-06

## Quotation from the source

> If journalists cannot be trusted to keep confidences, then journalists cannot function and there cannot be a free press.

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