To be shielded?
RE “Let’s Keep Reporters From Being G-Men,” by Tim Rutten, March 10: Shield laws should not be used to shield criminal activity -- and leaking Valerie Plame’s employment was criminal. The people to whom it was leaked have been around long enough to know that.
No one is arguing the value of a shield law for reporters. It’s like the 1st Amendment: It’s there to protect them from pressure to lie or write stories that will make the government look better. That’s not what happened here. What happened was reporters were willing to act as PR people for government officials who wanted to lie to us.
P.J. EVANS
Chatsworth
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