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ICELAND AIMS TO BECOME an offshore haven for journalists and leakers. ?On Tuesday, the Icelandic pa?

By Glenn Reynolds

ICELAND AIMS TO BECOME an offshore haven for journalists and leakers. “On Tuesday, the Icelandic parliament is expected to introduce a measure aimed at making the country an international center for investigative journalism publishing, by passing the strongest combination of source protection, freedom of speech, and libel-tourism prevention laws in the world. Supporters of the proposal say the move would make Iceland an ‘offshore publishing center’ for free speech, analogous to the offshore financial havens that allow corporations to hide capital from authorities. Could global news organizations with a home office in Reykjavík soon be as common as Delaware corporations or Cayman Islands assets?”

I think that’s a good thing, though Michael Silence is put in mind of Alcatraz. Hey, Alcatraz was never like this.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 12, 2010 (boomark / email).