For centuries, journalists have been willing to go to jail
to protect their sources. Back in 1848, New
York Herald correspondent John Nugent spent a month in jail for refusing to tell a U.S. Senate committee
his source for a leak exposing the secret approval of a treaty with Mexico. In
a digital age, however, journalists need more than steadfast conviction to keep
themselves and their sources safe. Government intelligence agencies, terrorist
groups, and criminal syndicates are using electronic surveillance to learn what
journalists are doing and who their sources are. It seems many journalists are not keeping
pace.
from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/blog/2012/01/for-journalists-cyber-security-training-slow-to-ta.php
Tags: Human Rights, Press Freedom
