The Bush administration’s ever-expanding war on the First Amendment
NO ADMINISTRATION likes leaks. But not since the Nixon administration has the government so aggressively sought to crack down — not just on leakers, but on reporters and others who obtain leaked material. In the latest manifestation of its disregard for First Amendment principles, the administration has used — misused, to be more precise — a grand jury subpoena to retrieve “any and all copies” of a document, marked “secret,” obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU’s request that a federal judge quash the subpoena should be granted.
Details here from The Washington Post.
The Bush administration’s ever-expanding war on the First Amendment
NO ADMINISTRATION likes leaks. But not since the Nixon administration has the government so aggressively sought to crack down — not just on leakers, but on reporters and others who obtain leaked material. In the latest manifestation of its disregard for First Amendment principles, the administration has used — misused, to be more precise — a grand jury subpoena to retrieve “any and all copies” of a document, marked “secret,” obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU’s request that a federal judge quash the subpoena should be granted.
Details here from The Washington Post.
The Bush administration’s ever-expanding war on the First Amendment
NO ADMINISTRATION likes leaks. But not since the Nixon administration has the government so aggressively sought to crack down — not just on leakers, but on reporters and others who obtain leaked material. In the latest manifestation of its disregard for First Amendment principles, the administration has used — misused, to be more precise — a grand jury subpoena to retrieve “any and all copies” of a document, marked “secret,” obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU’s request that a federal judge quash the subpoena should be granted.
Details here from The Washington Post.
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