Reporting of proceedings has been banned by authorities.
"Subject to this consideration, the use of an unobtrusive, handheld, virtually silent piece of modern equipment for the purposes of simultaneous reporting of proceedings to the outside world as they unfold in court is generally unlikely to interfere with the proper administration of justice".
Report of proceedings from a workshop held in Weybridge, UK, 2 4 December 1996.
However the chairman of the congressional subcommittee, Rep Paul Broun,quoted in an online report of proceedings,said: "Despite this progress, the threat to Nasa's information security is persistent, and ever changing.
It is entirely appropriate that the press should publish legitimate reports of the proceedings".
"The most obvious purpose of permitting the use of live, text-based communications would be to enable the media to produce fair and accurate reports of the proceedings.
Reports of public proceedings and conferences will gain some protection too.Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, especially wants to stop attempts to "stifle" scientific debate.
In the meantime, he suggests, reports of parliamentary proceedings in apparent breach of court orders might be considered on a case-by-case basis to decide whether or not they are in contempt.
In the absence of official reports of the proceedings, microblogs churned out a flood of speculation, including rumours of a coup.
Under the Constitutional Commission's original proposal, the PCMR was meant to hold its meetings publicly in Parliament, and publish reports of such proceedings.
