Press Freedom Org. Reacts to Gonzales

The position you have taken does not augur well for freedom of the press, already mishandled in several cases concerning information leaks in which journalists—merely because they wished to protect their sources, as their profession demands—were found “in contempt of court.” Your statements immediately followed another worrisome comment by an FBI agent, according to which it had become much easier to subject journalists to wiretapping under the Bush administration.