PenceBlog: <b><i>San Francisco Chronicle:</i> Pence continues to support Free Flow of Information Act</b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

Is there a connection between baseball and politics?

The San Francisco Chronicle's Jennifer A. Dlouhy writes today that a "congressional drive to protect journalists from revealing sources got a boost when the Justice Department issued subpoenas to Chronicle reporters to identify who leaked grand jury information on steroid use by baseball slugger Barry Bonds and other athletes."

Congressman Pence is the House sponsor of the Free Flow of Information Act, which is also known as a federal media shield law. This legislation has earned the support of newspapers such as the Indianapolis Star.

Here is another excerpt the San Francisco Chronicle article:

"But Dodd and a bipartisan coalition of other lawmakers -- including Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., -- are trying to pass a federal statute.

"Pence and Lugar have introduced identical bills in the House and Senate that would bar the federal government from compelling reporters to testify or turn over documents except in cases where other sources of the same information have been exhausted and the disclosure is necessary to prevent 'imminent and actual harm to national security' that outweighs 'the public interest in protecting the free flow of information.'"

posted by Pence Press Office # 1:13 PM