"Where agencies were once encouraged to disclose unless disclosure would do harm, they are currently encouraged to withhold if there are legal grounds for doing so," Tom Curley, AP president and chief executive officer, said in a letter to Gonzales. "We think this change was a terrible mistake." Via Yahoo! News
I would definitely say this is a big deal. As I said earlier the Press needs to shine light in dark places. However, it is a little hard to do that if they have no access to hard information. Now granted, they shouldn't have access to everything lest they out say an undercover CIA agent but they should be able to look at Justice Department files etc.
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