Government Insanity Alert: Bill's Provisions Make Reporting on Governm ent Surveillance Illegal

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Free press? Bah.

Via MSNBC.

[snip]

Reporters who write about government surveillance could be prosecuted under proposed legislation that would solidify 
the administration's eavesdropping authority, according to some legal analysts who are concerned about dramatic changes 
in U.S. law.

But an aide to the bill's chief author, Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, said that is not the intention of the legislation.

"It in no way applies to reporters — in any way, shape or form," said Mike Dawson, a senior policy adviser to DeWine, 
responding to an inquiry Friday afternoon. "If a technical fix is necessary, it will be made.

[snip]

More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11769643/

- ferg


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