Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.
Digital Journalist's Legal Guide
Lieberman, Clark campaign against government secrecy
Sidebar
Page Number:
25 From the Winter 2004 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 25.
One-time Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark both made public access to information part of their campaign platforms.
"The Bush administration's penchant for secrecy . . . is further eroding the public's confidence in their leadership and making it harder for independent watchdogs to hold our government accountable," Lieberman said in a Jan. 9 statement.
On Jan. 16, Clark made all of his military and financial records public, available for review in a reading room at a Manchester, N.H., hotel. Both also proposed a number of reforms, including:
- Rescind the October 2001 memorandum from Attorney General John Ashcroft that encourages a restrictive interpretation of the federal Freedom of Information Act.
-- GP
Connect with us:
