U.S. surveillance programs are making it more difficult for government
officials to speak to the press anonymously, two rights groups said on
Monday.
Large-scale surveillance, on top
of the Obama administration's crackdown on national security leaks,
threatens the freedom of the press and the right to legal counsel, Human
Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a joint
report.
The National
Security Agency's surveillance programs, which include the collection of
telephone "metadata," have heightened government officials' concerns
about dealing with the media, as "any interaction - any email, any phone
call - risks leaving a digital trace that could subsequently be used
against them," the report said.
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