Kearney's defense attorney stressed that his client's actions might have been "unwise," but maintained they were not illegal as he merely spoke to a security camera at night.
I also firmly believe compelling me to turn over my off-the-record notes will also have a chilling effect on journalism more broadly by causing sources to decline giving investigative journalists important information off the record for fear that a court could order these interviews to be turned over too in light of this ruling.