"The room was spinning, my head started pulsing. It hurt so badly and I had a ton of pain in my left ear and my ears started ringing and I thought I was going to pass out," she said.
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Her layoff has drawn special attention, given her involvement in a significant legal battle concerning the protection of a source, for which she has asserted her First Amendment rights.
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