Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:55 PM 11/26/1999 -0000, B. D. Colen wrote: >If I agree to show a story to Joe Blow, I have no moral ground - >and may have shaky legal ground on which to stand - when I refuse to show a >copy of a story to the FBI, Justice Department, or local police >department..,..and THAT is a precedent no journalist worth the name wants to >set.... > This argument is simply and completely invalid. Whether or not you showed the article to the subject has no bearing, at all, as to whether you share it with a police agency: you haven't "waived" anything. In any event, that isn't the issue with the police: they generally want to see your notes, listen to your tape recordings, and ascertain the names, addresses, voice and FAX telephone numbers, and E-mail addresses of your sources. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!