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Clarkie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 02:01 AM
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bill to protect reporters shielding their sources - tell your senator
to support it!

Senator introduces bill to protect reporters shielding their sources
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press Writer

Friday, November 19, 2004

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/11/19/national1511EST0574.DTL
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genius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 02:04 AM
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1. I'm opposed. Bush wants this bill so he won't be impeached.
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Clarkie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 02:06 AM
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3. What? Please explain...
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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 02:05 AM
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2. The Protect Novak Bill?
No thanks.
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Clarkie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 02:06 AM
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4. This really goes to the heart of our first ammendment civil rights...
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DavidFL Donating Member (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 04:03 AM
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5. I think what people here are objecting to...
are media hos like Judith Miller and Bob Novak helping their neocon friends commit felonies and then abusing the First Amendment to dodge going in front of a grand jury to answer for their crimes. Then you have someone like Miller going on TV and giving a sob story on how the media is under assault by the government because she was compelled to reveal her information or go to jail. Talk about chutzpah. Personally, I think she should be in jail for being Chalabi and Perle's stenographer before and during the Iraq war, although that's not the reason she was subpoenaed by a grand jury.
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 04:16 AM
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6. Here's my basic guideline
If most Republicans and the Bush administration would support this then it might be a good idea to look more closely at some of the "unintended" consequences.
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