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US shield law's qualified privileges would aid journalists both at home and abroad

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Frank Smyth [Journalist Security Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists]: "There is nothing that repressive regimes like more than pointing the finger at someone else. Nearly four years ago, after journalists including Judith Miller then of The New York Times were jailed for refusing to reveal sources in response to federal subpoenas, senior government officials in other nations from

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on April 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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