Wen Ho Lee v. Department of Justice

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• holding that protecting reporters from forced disclosure of their confidential sources “would undermine the fundamental purpose of the Privacy Act”
• \The reporter must answer questions for information (1) that is \central\ to the plaintiff's case and (2) as to which the plaintiff has exercised all reasonable alternatives to obtain elsewhere.\
• “The reporter must answer questions for information (1) that is “central” to the plaintiffs case and (2) as to which the plaintiff has exercised all reasonable alternatives to obtain elsewhere.”

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