The Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union have issued a sharp rebuke of large-scale surveillance programs carried out by the United States government, saying in a joint report that such practices are hindering journalists.The report, released Monday, asserts that mass surveillance has harmed journalists’ ability to obtain information about government activity from sources increasingly worried about being monitored.
www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/business/media/aclu-and-human-rights-watch-say-surveillance-programs-hurt-news-coverage.html