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Senate Panel Considers Reporters' Shield Law

by Audie Cornish, NPR
October 29, 2009

Most state have laws protecting journalists from having to reveal their confidential sources. But efforts to get a federal version have been stalled for years. The Senate Judiciary Committee takes up the issue Thursday. Sponsors say the Obama administration is resistant to the measure.

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