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Monday, April 20, 2009 3:18 PM

Privacy gone wild: 20 years after DOJ v. RCFP

In 1989, the Supreme Court made the wrong call in Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, broadening the concept of personal privacy and narrowing the definition of the public's interest in disclosure. One person's privacy
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:53 PM

Radio reporter gets audio recording back from VA

Veterans Affairs officials returned an audio recording they took from a radio reporter last week, saying the agency "regrets the incident," according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The agency also plans to look into the actions of
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Sunday, April 12, 2009 7:19 PM

VA official confiscates reporter's radio interview

This Veterans Affairs official went WAY too far. David Schultz, a reporter for WAMU 88.5, an NPR station, told the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press that he was covering a public forum on Tuesday and interviewed a medical center patient when
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