The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Free Flow...
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Free Flow of Information Act by a vote of 13-5 Thursday, Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said in a news release (http://1.usa.gov/15Vha8h). The legislation offers protections to journalists engaged in newsgathering activities, though it includes…
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exceptions in national security cases in order to allow federal law enforcement to compel information that would mitigate terrorist threats. The bill passed after Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., offered an amendment that defined more specifically which journalists are covered. That amendment includes journalists working for news websites, mobile applications or other news or information services, digitally distributed or otherwise, according to its text (http://1.usa.gov/15VqtVM). “This bill carefully balances the need to protect confidential source information with the need to protect law enforcement and national security interests, so that we can better protect the American people’s right to know,” Leahy said. In the past, media shield bills have been defeated for failure to clearly define whether journalists like bloggers would be covered (CD Aug 1/08 p14).