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This edition: Prospects for a Federal Shield Law

Episode Details

Original tape date: March 21, 2014.

A discussion on the Federal Shield Law, its exemption clause on national security grounds, its definition of a journalist and the question of what protections, if any, can be afforded non-journalists and leakers.

Guest List

Scott Horton Harper’s Magazine

Bill Keller Moderator, The Marshall Project

Jonathan Landay McClatchy Newspapers

Quinn Norton Journalist

Charles E. Schumer United States Senator (D-NY)

Kenneth L. Wainstein Assistant Attorney General, National Security (2006-2008); Homeland Security Adviser (2008-2009)

  • About this series

  • Sources+Secrets: A Conference on the Press, The Government & National Security focuses on the divide between the government and the press over coverage of national security issues. It examines the legal basis and scope of government actions that have hampered the work of journalists and offers administration representatives an opportunity to present their case for secrecy.
    Presented by the George Polk Awards Program in cooperation with CUNY TV and the Media Law Resource Center and the Media Law Resource Center Institute.

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