Foundation discussed the studys findings. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Hello and welcome to new america. Im the managing editor at new america which means i edit the digital weekly magazine. Im here here to welcome me to this event. The Obama Administration and the press surveillance post9 11 america. If you havent had a chance to see this report which i have you may want to rename the group that to protect sources say those of us who have done the job of investigative reporting the sources are our lifeblood and if they come to the sources we had better. Im also familiar with the court cases against sources. Its a bleak picture of to and including u. S. Attorney in chicago who was the hero pat fitzgerald. They put a lot of guys away who were investigating but when it came to blankly asserted that journalists who get leaked information is our witnesses to a crime which puts us in the crosshairs. Thanks for coming here it is a great report and if you havent read it please do. These gu