Holder confirmed during his testimony Wednesday that the Obama administration is backing a federal press shield law that would provide greater protections for reporters who refuse to provide information on confidential sources.
This story has been updated with Eric Holder's comments on a proposed federal press shield law.
3. The former New York Times counsel James Goodale, writing in The Daily Beast, compares President Obama's record on press rights to that of President Richard Nixon and recalls that Mr. Obama "deep-sixed" the press shield law he is now proposing.
Those choices, particularly around censorship, press shield laws, intellectual property laws, electronic privacy and government surveillance, are often not congruent with the Internet freedom that Clinton describes globally.
Israeli officials have said Hamas was using journalists and their operations as "human shields," and a press officer for the Israeli Defense Force warned in a Twitter post that reporters should be wary of the company they keep: "Advice to reporters in #Gaza, just like any person in Gaza: For your own safety, stay away from #Hamas positions and operatives".
Even though he thought that Maryland's press-shield law meant that he did not have to submit, Mr. Mulligan said he handed over 383 pages of documents to Matrixx.
On New Year's Day, after a thirteenth-hour deal was sealed with spit in the Senate, McKeon issued a press statement lamenting that the compromise had failed to "shield a wartime military from further reductions".
British actor Toby Jones shields his eyes as he arrives for a press conference to promote Matteo Garrone's Tale of Tales, a fantasy that was greeted enthusiastically by critics on Thursday.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Holder said that both he and the president had long supported "a reporter shield law".
A press release also claimed that Taliban fighters, who undoubtedly were in the compound, had used the children as a shield.
