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Stay Tuned with Preet

CAFE Insider Sample 7/20: Protecting the Press

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce break down the new DOJ guidance that limits when prosecutors can secretly obtain reporters’ phone and email records. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss the inspector general report that criticizes the FBI for failing to pursue sex-abuse charges against former USA gymnastics team national doctor Larry Nassar, and a federal judge’s decision to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from admitting new applicants to the DACA program. To listen to the full episode and get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, try the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Use special code JOYCE for 50% off on the annual membership price.  Sign up to receive the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: www.cafe.com/brief This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Adam Waller – Senior Editorial Producer; Matthew Billy – Audio Producer; Jake Kaplan – Editorial Producer REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:  First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution “Use of Compulsory Process to Obtain Information From, or Records of, Members of the News Media,” Attorney General memo, 7/19/21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, another busy week of politically charged legal news making the headlines.

0:05.6

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new DOJ guidance that limits when prosecutors

0:09.6

can secretly obtain reporters' phone and email records.

0:13.1

Meanwhile a federal judge in Texas is prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security from

0:17.5

approving new applications to the DACA program, a program that permits undocumented people

0:21.9

who arrived in the U.S. as children to work in the country without the threat of being

0:25.6

deported. And the DOJ Inspector General released a report that criticizes the FBI for failing

0:31.4

to pursue sex abuse charges against Larry Nasser, the former USA Gymnastics team national

0:36.8

doctor. Joyce Vance and I discuss all this and more on the CAFE Insider podcast. Today

0:42.3

we are sharing a clip from the episode with listeners of Stay Tuned. To hear our full conversation

0:47.3

and access all other CAFE Insider content, try the membership free for two weeks. You

0:52.1

can do that at CAFE.com slash insider. That's CAFE.com slash insider. And for a limited

0:58.5

time, use the code Joyce for 50% off the annual membership price. We look forward to having

1:04.0

you as part of the insider community. So there's something fairly dramatic that happened

1:11.7

this week just on Monday. There has been all this controversy dating back many years

1:18.4

about what protections the First Amendment should afford reporters journalists were in

1:23.2

the business of gathering news. And when they get leaked information from within the government

1:30.1

and that information is sensitive, it is against the law to do that. Prosecutors historically

1:36.0

have tried to figure out ways to prosecute serious leaks, especially if it compromises

1:42.2

intelligence. And one way in which prosecutors have over the years tried to do that and it

1:47.4

would make sense in ordinary circumstances if it wasn't the journalistic profession. And

1:52.3

it wouldn't be any issue and wouldn't be controversial is you subpoena the person to

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