The inescapable conclusion that some could draw here is that...

The inescapable conclusion that some could draw here is that after a certain period of time, when the reporter is fed up with being in prison, she will make a concession, ... I'm not saying that's what happened here. But that's the appearance. The danger is it will embolden others in more common garden-variety investigations to say to the judge, 'All you have to do is stick the reporter in jail, and we'll get what we want.'