____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 17 October 2007 22:06 : \____
> Near-unanimous vote in favour of protecting rights to keep sources
> confidential:
>
> .----
> | The Free Flow of Information Act has just cleared the House by a
> | vote of 398-21, but that doesn't mean President Bush has any
> | interest in signing it. The bill would offer protection of sources
> | and documents to journalists (including professional bloggers)
> | caught up in federal investigations, and could put an end to images
> | of reporters led from court in handcuffs after refusing to testify.
> | The Bush administration sees it as carte blanche to leak government
> | information without penalty, though.
> |
> | <rant on>Sorry Bush administration, this one is your bad. IF we
> | can't shield sources, the terrorists win, to turn your language
> | around. Because democracy depends on folks standing up to
> | overreaching powers that be. Including Presidents.
> |
> | I for one hope that Bush vetoes it, and then is overridden. It'd
> | be a very sweet victory.
> `----
>
> http://battellemedia.com/archives/004042.php
>
> Confidential sources are an essential part of journalism, without which
> much information in the public interest would simply never make the
> light of day. Undermining this privilege would no doubt suit some
> people's purposes however (Bush/AT&T), so expect some resistance to this
> being passed as law.
They can get under bloggers skin by going to a lower level and just intercept
packets. Oh, wait... AT&T has already done that to 'protect' Dubya.
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