Locy arguments begin Friday, then she speaks in Philly to FOI crowd
Toni Locy, the former USA Today reporter who could face huge fines for failing to reveal her confidential sources, will argue her appeal Friday at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. She wrote about the 2001 anthrax mailings, naming Steven Hatfill as a person of interest, and now Hatfill wants to find out who her source was on that. A judge has told her she has to cough up the information, which she says she can't remember, or pay escalating fines of up to $5,000 a day. After she's done with her arguments she'll have to skidaddle to Philadelphia where on Saturday she will give the keynote address for the National Freedom of Information Coalition annual conference. That's one of the best meetings in the country for sharing ideas and meeting people interested in freedom of information. The organization, headed by Charles Davis from the University of Missouri-Columbia, also coordinates coalitions for open government in nearly every state. See the
NFOIC site for more information and for a list of member coalitions.