Journalists' Privilege [electronic resource] : Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 113th Congress

Corporate Author:: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division
Published:: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (15 pages), digital, PDF file

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Provides background on Department of Justice subpoena of telephone toll records for numerous telephone lines at the Associated Press, including personal telephone lines of reporters. Examines Supreme Court and other court decisions and legislative proposals in the 110th and 111th Congresses related to journalists' privilege, which involves the right of journalists to refuse to disclose information or the source of information received in the course of news gathering.
This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 08-RL-34193a in the 2008 issue.

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