FC: Society of Professional Journalists on FOIA, Homeland Security

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:39:22 -0700
From: John Fleck <jfleck () abqjournal com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: FOIA in the Homeland Security Bill

Declan -

Of possible interest to the politechbot list:

The Society of Professional Journalists has taken a strong stand against
language in the House-passed version of the Homeland Security bill that
the organization says "blows an enormous hole in the federal Freedom of
Information Act." The bill's provisions would essentially fence off
large amounts of previously available information, according to SPJ:

http://www.spj.org/news.asp?ref=299

Cheers,
John
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