Seeking to muzzle those who tell the truth

why, of course...

The Bush Administration is seeking to undermine legislation that, if passed, would protect journalists and anonymous whistleblowers, RAW STORY has learned.

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will listen to testimony today regarding a reporter shield law called the Free Flow of Information Act.

"I think they want no law at all," said one senior staffer familiar with the proceedings. "They're sending [Deputy Attorney General Paul] McNulty up to hammer it."

The bill, cosponsored by a bipartisan coalition of nine moderate senators, is a successor to a similar piece of legislation that appeared before the same committee last year.

Last year's bill never made it past committee hearings, despite having a greater number of cosponsors--including Senators Feingold (D-WI), Kerry (D-MA), and Obama (D-IL)--who have not supported the current version.

Both bills would make it more difficult for prosecutors to force reporters to name sources or to yield information that would result in their sources being identified.

it's patently obvious that the bush administration cannot abide transparency and thus aims to throttle any and all who feel an obligation to expose the darkest recesses of its actions...

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