September 2005

 

RCFP WHITE PAPER

 

  Homefront Confidential


SIXTH EDITION

 

How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to
Information and the Public's Right to Know

 

Prepared by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

CONTENTS:


Foreword

A chronology of events

 

Threat Level        Section
 
   
 
 
  Covering the war
 
   
 
 
  Access to terrorism-related proceedings
 
   
 
 
  Domestic coverage
 
   
 
 
  The USA PATRIOT Act and beyond
 
   
 
 
  The reporter's privilege
 
   
 
 
  Freedom of Information
 
   
 
 
  The rollback in state openness
 
Sources & citations

 

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Key

Threat levels and color codes are based on those created by the Department of Homeland Security

 

 

 

Homefront Confidential:

How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information
and the Public's Right to Know

  

Sixth Edition

September 2005

 

A project of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

  

Editors:

Lucy A. Dalglish

Gregg P. Leslie

 

Contributors:

Rebecca Daugherty, Monica Dias, Ashley Gauthier, Kimberley Keyes, Jennifer LaFleur, Jeff Lemberg, Ryan Lozar, James McLaughlin, Mimi Moon, Kirsten Mitchell, Kirsten Murphy, Grant Penrod, Gil Shochat, Wendy Tannenbaum, Phillip Taylor, Sara Thacker

Paula Canning, Kevin Capp, Kathleen Dunphy, Jane Elizabeth, Victor Gaberman, James Getz, Maria Gowen, Amanda Groover, Lolita Guevarra, Kristin Gunderson, Emily Harwood, Katrina Hull, Lois Lloyd, Jennifer Myers, Tejal Shah, Thomas Sullivan, April Thorn, Alba Lucero Villa, Corinna Zarek

  

Major funding for previous editions of this report was provided by:

 

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

 

Scripps Howard Foundation

 

St. Petersburg Times

 

Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

  

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