Note from Suzannah: Investigative journalism is almost dead most reporters are over glorified secretaries doing their bosses will to protect military contractors, politicians they have in their pocket, and real estate development many media owners have a hand in, guys like Steve Rattner money managers in my opinion...
look at Schumer and HP and then look at HP 911 and then look at John Liu 'so audit Liu called for criminal investigation and then look at Scott Stringer and George Artzs and HP and learn why Scott Stringer will do everything to protect HP in my opinion 911 he isn't the only one look at Bloomberg who would push SAIC like a drug kingpin pushes heroin until he couldn't and SAIC was Rudy and his deputy mayor's turn lobbyist adored contractor as well...
Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) — A supporter of a bill to protect reporters and the news media from having to reveal confidential sources said Friday the measure has the backing of the Obama administration and the support of enough senators to move ahead this year.
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate, spoke optimistically about prospects for the measure, identifying five Republicans who would join with Democrats and independents on a bill that he said would address a constitutional oversight.While the first amendment protects freedom of the press, "there is no first amendment right for gathering information," Schumer said at The New York Times' Sources and Secrets Conference on the press, government and national security.
The bill was revived last year after the disclosure that the Justice Department had secretly subpoenaed almost two months' worth of telephone records for 21 phone lines used by reporters and editors for The Associated Press and secretly used a search warrant to obtain some emails of a Fox News journalist.
The Justice Department took the actions in looking into leaks of classified information to the news organizations. The AP received no advance warning of the subpoena.
