from ABC News The Blotter blog: Spy Agency OKs Bloggers as Journalists
I just saw this story on AlwaysOn with a link the ABC News blog post. Here's an extract that sums up the main point of the post:
The CIA recently updated its policies on Freedom of Information Act requests to allow bloggers to qualify for special treatment once reserved for old-school reporters. And last August, the NSA issued a directive to its employees to report leaks of classified information to the media -- "including blogs," the order said.
My initial question is how can I get on the list so I can receive classified report leaks ;-), but seriously, this is good news for bloggers. Go bloggers!
My second thought is: Would internal (meaning CIA/NSA or in general, Intelligence Community) bloggers and for that matter Intellipedians be allowed to request information for their blogs or Intellipedia using FOIA or would they already have that information available?
BTW, I wonder how they define blogger. Would someone that set up a blog a couple of weeks ago be able to have the same privileges? (I'm not saying that they shouldn't, especially if in those 2 weeks that person has been an excellent blogger.)
Just food for thought while I create a real Intellipedia-related post...
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