Media
Jun. 2, 2006
Press Must Evade Patriot Act Loophole on Ferreting Out Leakers
Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - Last month, two reporters for ABC News reported that the FBI had secretly obtained their phone records - showing whom they had called and who had called them - in order to identify a confidential source as part of an apparent leak investigation.
By Peter Scheer
Last month, two reporters for ABC News reported that the FBI had secretly obtained their phone records - showing whom they had called and who had called them - in order to identify a confidential source as part of an apparent leak investigation.
Neither ABC nor the reporters, Brian Ross and Richard Esposito, had an oppo...
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