Congress has tried to exempt "information or informational materials" from the nation's trade embargoes.
"What needs to happen is that the law certainly needs to be clarified... my view is what you need is a class exemption, full stop, which exempts information if it relates to the formulation of government policy, ministerial communications etc".
His weak bill exempts "information brokers" that led the stalker to his prey.
The act exempts information where disclosure is likely to be harmful and/or contrary to the public interest.
They have said that the communications industry already cooperates on surveillance with law enforcement agencies, and noted that Congress explicitly exempted information services from the law at issue.
The Freedom of Information Act, however, only exempts information about defence, international relations and law enforcement using the threshold of "likely to harm".
The judgment exempts information processed "solely for journalistic purposes" without defining this term – deeply problematic at a time when more and more people have access to both newsworthy information and publishing tools.
A Downing Street spokeswoman denied the pages had been suppressed to avoid government embarrassment, but said they had been withheld under the Freedom of Information Act, which exempts information relating to security matters.
In so doing, it threatened to undermine the ability of law enforcement agencies to use the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a wiretapping law that applies to phone services but exempts information services.
