Saturday, August 5, 2017

Justice Department promises to go after government leaks

August 05, 2017 at 01:46AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — News media advocates are condemning the Justice Department's announcement of a crackdown on government leaks.

Justice Department officials say they are reviewing guidelines that make it difficult for the government to subpoena journalists about their sources, and aren't ruling out the possibility that a reporter could be prosecuted.

The executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Bruce Brown, calls the decision to review the guidelines "deeply troubling.

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