August 12, 2005

A Law to Protect Scholars

By RIK SCARCE

With good reason, the journalistic world has rallied behind Judith Miller, a reporter at The New York Times who was jailed July 6 after having been found in contempt of court. She has been hailed as a hero by many people and as an example of what all reporters should do to protect their confidential sources when the government tampers with the information-gathering process.

Miller does represent those things. She is also the poster child for a revived cause: a proposed fed-eral "shield

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