communist terrorists in greece and athens in 1975 and that led the congress to pass the intelligence identity protections act in 1982 that as far as i know, is still in force but not if it comes to snowden and the mainstream media and all of them. it's the case of mike rogers and dianne feinstein and all of the others who have been saying this is a big deal. >> edward snowden did not release the names. i'm old enough to remember robert novak who gave information from the alleged vice president's office. they would be just as upset about that that puts a c.i.a. person in danger. jon: you said that the media ought to be policing themselves or they ought to be responsible but who is to enforce that? >> we don't want -- it's got to be self enforcing. the media needs to do the right -- you don't want the government clamping down on the media