A movement is stirring in Congress for legislation to protect journalists from having to reveal their confidential sources. A dozen House members and four Senators have signed on as sponsors to a bill that would prohibit federal agencies from forcing reporters to disclose the identity of a confidential source.
The movement comes as two high-profile reporters — Judith Miller of the New York Times and Matt Cooper of Time Magazine — face jail time for refusing to name the source who leaked the identity of former CIA officer Valerie Plame. Both Miller and Cooper were at the National Press Club yesterday, discussing the issue of source confidentiality.
Hear an excerpt of Judith Miller’s address.
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New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who is facing jail time for contempt of court for not revealing the name of a confidential source, spoke yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
