Newsrooms Try to Protect Identities of Sources
As the case of the leaked identity of a Central Intelligence Agency officer continues to unfold in Washington, news organizations are trying to outwit prosecutors, and protect reporters and sources in what they believe to be an increasingly antagonistic environment. In some instances, news executives are issuing guidelines to educate and retrain their staffs about taking precautions to protect their notes and other source materials from being sought as evidence in legal cases. Some are also looking at technological fixes like heightened encryption and e-mail messages that expire.
Newsrooms Seek Ways to Shield Identities, New York Times, August 1, 2005.
