Here’s a wonderful, detailed account of a journalist being served with a subpoena for their reporting information. Included is a great plug for formal Journalism education:
When someone in uniform orders you to do something, most travelers’ first instinct is to comply immediately. As a tax-paying, law-abiding citizen, that was certainly my reflexive response when a federal agent visited my home.Thank God for that journalism law class I was required to take as a graduate student at Berkeley. Had I missed it, I might have rolled over and let the government have its way. But then I heard myself say, “I need to talk to my lawyer†and the agent’s response: “I had a feeling you’d say that.†He was still smiling.
via Insider tips for dealing with the TSA – Christopher Elliott- msnbc.com.