Fed Court Rules Times Reporter MUST Reveal Sources

Search Engines WEB writes “A federal prosecutor may inspect the telephone records of two New York Times reporters in an effort to identify their confidential sources, a federal appeals court in New York ruled yesterday. The 2-to-1 decision, from a court historically sympathetic to claims that journalists should be entitled to protect their sources, reversed a lower court and dealt a further setback to news organizations, which have lately been on a losing streak in the federal courts”

August 2, 2006 by Uncategorized 2

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2 Responses

  1. Curmudgeony says:
    August 3, 2006 at 3:31 am

    Grrrrr!
    Damn Activist Judges!

    Reply
  2. paloro says:
    August 7, 2006 at 4:31 am

    Activist Judges
    When will we learn that judges are to interpret the law, not make it? Frustrating! Court Reporter Services

    Reply

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