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Off the record : the press, the government, and the war over anonymous sources / Norman Pearlstine.
Van Pelt Library KF8959.P7 P43 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearlstine, Norman.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confidential communications--Press--United States.
- Confidential communications.
- Confidential communications--Press.
- Intelligence officers.
- United States.
- Journalists--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Journalists.
- Journalists--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Government and the press--United States.
- Government and the press.
- Wilson, Valerie Plame.
- Intelligence officers--United States--Identification.
- Genre:
- Field guides.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 282 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
- Summary:
- In this powerful inside story, Pearlstine calls on Congress to pass a federal shield law protecting journalists from the needless intrusions of government. At the same time, he calls on the press to name its sources whenever possible.
- Contents:
- 1 Anonymous Sources 3
- 2 The Plame Episode 9
- 3 Patrick Fitzgerald 17
- 4 Subpoenas and Secrecy 21
- 5 A Journalist's Education 34
- 6 Branzburg's Long Shadow 51
- 7 Abrams v. Olson 63
- 8 The Pentagon Papers and Watergate 74
- 9 Are Journalists Above the Law? 94
- 10 Rove's Ground Rules 102
- 11 Complying with the Courts 110
- 12 Matt Cooper Testifies 117
- 13 Dealing with the Fallout 125
- 14 Welcome Support 137
- 15 Judith Miller - In and Out of Jail 141
- 16 Waivers 149
- 17 Why We Need a Federal Shield Law 157
- 18 Editorial Guidelines 166
- 19 Scooter Libby's Indictment 178
- 20 Rove Gets a Pass 183
- 21 The Government Escalates Its Assault on the Press 195
- 22 Reviving the Espionage Act 206
- 23 Prosecutorial Excess 216
- 24 Mike Price Sues for Libel 225
- 25 Wen Ho Lee 231
- 26 Libby Is Convicted 238
- Appendix Editorial Guidelines 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780374224493
- 0374224498
- OCLC:
- 80020179
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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