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Locy may be off the hook, but Congress isn't

By Mark Obbie

Assuming now that the Toni Locy contempt case is over -- and let's hope that the judge doesn't try to punish Locy for her principled refusal to betray her sources in the Steven Hatfill privacy case, now that the government has coughed up millions to settle Hatfill's claims -- we can breathe a sigh of relief and move on. Or we can redouble efforts to get a decent federal shield law. In a way, it's almost a shame that Locy's case didn't progress a bit further. She made for such a sympathetic figure and set of facts, her case might have made some better case law. But it's pathetic that journalists would have to bank on that type of scenario -- threatening to ruin a dedicated professional -- because the policymaking body of this country can't get off the dime and pass the bill.

Full post as published by Lawbeat on June 28, 2008 (boomark / email).