SPJ Decries Reports of Monitoring Reporters
May 18, 2006
SPJ DECRIES REPORTS OF MONITORING REPORTERS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
David Carlson, president of the Society of Professional Journalists, said it would be "outrageous" and a "sad commentary on the state of our nation" if the government actually tracked the phone numbers called by journalists. "Having the intelligence community monitoring Americans' phone calls is not just outrageous," said Carlson in a statement. "It's frightening. When the government of any nation surveils its own citizens, freedom is in peril," he said.
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