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The Obama administration has proposed changes to a shield bill in Congress that the bill's supporters believe would rob it of its original intent.

The shield bill, commonly known as the Free Flow of Information Act and now before the Senate Judiciary Committee, establishes steps prosecutors must take before issuing subpoenas to force journalists to identify unnamed sources. Journalists have long maintained - correctly, we believe - that there must be reasonable protection from such actions because confidential sources often will speak to reporters only if their identity remains secret. Prosecutors should not expect journalists to do their work for them, and sources should have the reassurance that their agreements with reporters can't be easily undone by law enforcement.

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