Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland about codifying specific protections for journalists. The Senators urged ...
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In July, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced the Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression (PRESS) Act (S. 2457) and the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act (H.R. 4330), respectively, ...
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Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) reintroduced legislation to better protect journalists and the free press. The JPA would make it a federal crime to intentionally intimidate or cause ...
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Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ted Lieu (CA-33), and John Yarmuth (KY-03) introduced the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act. The legislation would safeguard a free and independent press by... (Read More) ...
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Sen. Ron Wyden, a longtime critic of government surveillance programs, proposed legislation Monday designed to protect journalists’ data from government subpoenas... (Read More) ...
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Washington Post Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting that the Biden administration end the practice of searching journalists’ phone records to try to ...
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