Why not just shield everyone's phone and email records? Is Sen. Wyden going to start a journalist registry so the domestic spies know who is shielded? The Prot

Why not just shield everyone's phone and email records? Is Sen. Wyden going to start a journalist registry so the domestic spies know who is shielded? The Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression (PRESS) Act ensures reporters cannot be compelled by the government to disclose their confidential sources or research files, and also protects their data held by third parties like phone and internet companies from being secretly seized by the government without the opportunity to challenge those demands in court. https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-releases-new-bill-to-protect-journalists-first-amendment-rights-against-government-surveillance https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-relea... (1) COVERED JOURNALIST.—The term ‘‘covered journalist’’ means a person who gathers, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, or publishes news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public. https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HEN21909.pdf https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HEN21909.pdf After 85 days in jail, Miller was released and testified before a grand jury that prior to the Novak column, she had several discussions with Scooter Libby in which he talked about Plame. On November 9 of that same year, Miller announced her retirement from the Times after a 28-year career with the newspaper. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reporter-judith-miller-released-from-prison https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reporter-judith-...