John Battle, head of compliance at ITV News and Channel 4 News producer ITN, said the legal safeguards that allowed journalists to protect sources now amounted to nothing because police and others could circumvent them “through the back door” to identify sources or obtain information without going through the usual judicial processes. “It’s absolutely astonishing the idea that can happen,” Battle added.
To read more, click http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/16/journalists-legal-protection-itn-guardian-ripa
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