AP Chief: DOJ Record Seizure Has Chilled Sources

AP President Gary Pruitt says the US government's secret seizure of AP phone records has thrown a scare into some of the iconic news outlet's sources, as well as those of other journalists. He also outlined five things AP wants the government to do to prevent a repeat of what he said was an overbroad sweep that violated both the First Amendment and the Department of Justice’s own subpoena rules:

1) DOJ should recognize the right of the press to advance notice and a chance to weigh in before its records are taken;
2) judicial oversight;
3) update DOJ guidelines that were created before the Internet;
4) a federal shield law "with teeth in it"; and
5) DOJ must formally acknowledge that it will not prosecute any reporter for doing their job.