Former DC Journo Learns First Amendment Limitations the Hard Way

John Dinges, former managing editor for NPR news met with some unexpected turbulence on a trip back to the U.S. from Venezuela and Chile last week. But the turbulence wasn’t due to rough winds or a storm, it was on the ground with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

Dinges, who had also served as a foreign desk editor for WaPo expressed concern that a CBP officer’s questions “crossed a line against First Amendment protections of the press.”

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