Generally yes. If the crime is bad enough it's up to whistle blowers to willingly give it up. How would a journalist even know about the war crime to start with? You shouldn't have foreign journalists hounding people with clearance for Intel as a general rule.
Traitor to a free republic is what comes to mind. The press should be actively doing their job and the people have a right to know what they are paying for.
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