{"id":3115,"date":"2007-08-14T09:18:46","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T15:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:08:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:08:47","slug":"did-the-us-government-violate-the-federal-privacy-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/did-the-us-government-violate-the-federal-privacy-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the US government violate the federal Privacy Act?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/ne_01_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/ne_01_02.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>5 Reporters Ordered to Testify About Government Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Adam Liptak, New York Times<\/p>\n<p>Five reporters must testify about their law enforcement sources in a former Army scientist&#8217;s lawsuit against the Justice Department, a federal judge in Washington ruled yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The suit, filed by Steven J. Hatfill, a bioterrorism expert, contends that the government violated the federal Privacy Act by providing journalists with information about him in the F.B.I.&#8217;s investigation of the deadly anthrax mailings in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The reporters &#8211; Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman of Newsweek; Allan Lengel of The Washington Post; Toni Locy, formerly of USA Today; and James Stewart, formerly of CBS News &#8211; have acknowledged receiving information from the Justice Department and the F.B.I. about Dr. Hatfill, the judge, Reggie B. Walton, wrote in his decision yesterday. 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