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  • [Specter] Senator leads drive for federal media shield law

    09/21/2006 8:17:13 AM PDT · by SmithL · 13 replies · 414+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/21/6 | Zachary Coile
    An influential Republican senator said Wednesday that it's time for Congress to approve a law that would protect journalists from having to choose between jail time and revealing their confidential sources in court cases. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chastised a top Justice Department official who testified that a proposed bill to shield journalists from revealing their sources was a "solution in search of a problem." "I disagree with you," Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former prosecutor, told Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty. "My view is that it's something that must be addressed legislatively." Despite opposition by...