FBI used reporter's name to talk to spy
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Freelance reporter Don Devereux discovered in Jan 1990, that a FBI agent had posed as his attorney in 1987 in order to obtain an interview with a man convicted of selling state secrets. Devereux and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press initiated an investigation, questioning the FBI's policies on impersonation of journalists and other professionals who have privileges granted by law. Letters by FBI director William Sessions, stating that the incident had been handled appropriately but that policy guidelines had been developed, were received in Feb 1992.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1992
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Senate ends fruitless search for leakers
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The US Senate's failure to honor Special Independent Counsel Peter Fleming's subpoena of five journalists for information regarding their sources has ended Fleming's investigation into congressional leaks made during the Clarence Thomas and Keating Five hearings. All five journalists subpoenaed refused to cooperate with Fleming. The Senate's support of the journalists' action, Fleming stated in his report, will allow senators and staff persons to continue to disclose confidential information without fear of expulsion or loss of their jobs.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1992
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Senate resolution would require media disclosure of speaking fees, other income
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Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia has introduced a formal resolution on the US Senate floor that would require members of the Senate Press Gallery to disclose amounts earned in compensation from additional sources of income as well as from primary employers. Byrd believes that these disclosures will improve press accountability. Media organizations have objected and stated that the Congress should not involve itself in questions of journalistic ethics.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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