The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press issued the following statement by Executive Director Bruce D. Brown in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear an appeal by New York Times reporter James Risen, who sought to overturn a federal appeals court ruling compelling Risen’s testimony about a confidential source: “We […]
Last week, Reporters Committee Executive Director Bruce Brown joined journalists and media lawyers at the Center for a New American Security’s annual conference to discuss the challenges journalists face when reporting on sensitive national security issues, including the government’s seizure of journalists’ records as part of leaks investigations. CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Carrie Cordero moderated […]
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BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — The former chief of police in a southwestern Nova Scotia town has been found guilty of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl. John Collyer was the police chief in Bridgewater, N.S., when the incident occurred in 2016. The victim had testified that Collyer asked her an inappropriate question while the two were in […]
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EDMONTON — A Somali refugee has been found guilty of trying to kill a policeman outside a football game as well as four pedestrians who were struck with a U-Haul van — an attack originally investigated as possible terrorism. Jurors convicted Abdulahi Hasan Sharif of five counts of attempted murder, along with aggravated assault against […]
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