“Montana Attorney General Tim Fox (R) suggested that Associated Press reporters who were threatened after their personal information was leaked online brought it upon themselves. ‘Whether or not there is a chilling effect I guess the media, the journalistic profession needs to contemplate when they ask for information whether or not they are creating a chilling effect in their own profession,’ Fox told Montana Public Radio (MPR) when asked about the threats, which followed his office’s denial of an AP request for a copy of the state database concerning concealed firearm permit holders.  A 2013 state law made such information classified.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/09/montana-attorney-general-blames-reporters-for-online-threats-against-them/

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