Wikileaks Decides: If The US Gov't Won't Create A Real Shield La...

Courtesy Techdirt  Tue, 10/13/2009 - 05:03

With the US federal gov't continually watering down and limiting any attempt at a federal shield law to help protect journalists from being pressured into revealing their sources, it looks like the site Wikileaks wants to help .

It's trying to set up a system, whereby a source can leak information directly to a journalist for a period of time, before Wikileaks goes public with the info.

But, either way, Wikileaks promises to protect the source, keeping...

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