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Originally Posted by dissention
You need to read some more articles about this other than the one you posted. Russert was under investigation himself in the leak of Plame and only agreed to testify once NBC told him he had to. However, the rules were that they could only ask him very limited questions and the whole testimony ended up being nothing. He didn't give anyhting up or tell them anyhting they didn't know.
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I still don't see how that makes him a sleazeball.
What makes a sleazeball in this case? A reporter who violates the source/reporter contract to reveal the source and save his hide? Or a reporter who refuses to reveal the source who potentially but an agent in mortal danger?