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...gonna protect me on this, right?" the magic words. When someone in Washington makes that request and a journalist agrees to the deal, a blood oath has been signed, no matter how scurrilous or trivial the information involved. You don't break the oath or even hedge on it. You agree to stand outside the law respectfully, not "above" it, and to suffer the consequences. You go to jail to protect your source, if necessary. If you do not adhere to these tribal rules, other potential sources will surely notice and you will be considered unreliable...
...fair, Pearlstine made his decision on this case only, not on the more general principle of journalistic confidentiality--and this was one tough case: an instance of confidentiality twisted to protect nonvital and vindictive information and also, perhaps, to provide cover for a criminal act. It is easy to understand why some people--perhaps even most--would have trouble supporting standard journalistic practice in such a situation...
Researchers do not impose restricted-access provisions. Rather, they are imposed on us by data owners (in my case, a federal statistical agency), who cannot gather confidential information if they do not protect respondents from identity theft and privacy violations. Restricted-access laws prevent a researcher handing data directly to others. If another researcher wants the data, he must go through the data owner. (the agency that supplied my data works with any legitimate education researcher). The federal government is serious about researchers not distributing restricted-access data. The penalty for a violation is up to $250,000 or five...
...scan machines at the entrances to some subway stations. The machines see through clothing and detect anything that interferes with solar radiation reflected by people's bodies. But it will cost tens of millions of dollars to outfit every tube station. And it will, of course, do nothing to protect the sprawling bus system...
...many U.S. National Guard members are in Iraq and Afghanistan pursuing an endlessly rejuvenating enemy. I would feel safer if our National Guard forces were stationed in the U.S., helping protect our nuclear power plants, seaports, chemical plants, airport environs and railroads. We were attacked on our own land. Let's protect it. Harriet C. Long South Burlington, Vermont...