(CNN) -- The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, who worked with NSA leaker Edward Snowden on articles about the agency's secret surveillance programs, slammed U.S. Rep. Peter King after the New York Republican called for the columnist to face criminal charges. "You can't just go on national television and call for the arrest and prosecution of a journalist and tell outright falsehoods when you're doing it, without consequences," Greenwald told CNN's AC360 on Wednesday night. He was referring to an earlier Fox News interview during which King accused Greenwald of threatening to disclose the names of CIA agents and assets around the world.
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U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-New York, calls for Glenn Greenwald to face criminal charges
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"This is a very unusual case with life and death implications," King says
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Greenwald denies threatening to leak the names of CIA agents
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He describes King's allegations as "outright falsehoods"
"No right is absolute, and even the press has certain restrictions," King told @placeholder on Wednesday.