By Jay Stowe 5/17 4:11pm

freedom of speech

Off the Record

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Dec. 11, 1995.

In one of the few instances of the Justice Department strong-arming journalists since the Nixon Administration, U.S. attorneys in Miami have convened a Federal grand jury to discover the identities of two reporters’ sources. In the process, Federal Government lawyers on the case have Read More

By Joe Conason 7/26/99 12:00am

Dash Bashed Me, but I Was Right

Remember Sam Dash, the former “ethics counsel” to the independent counsel? Back in April 1996, he publicly excoriated me for quoting him (inaccurately, as he later claimed untruthfully) about his role in restraining the overzealous impulses of the prosecutors working for Kenneth Starr. I quoted him saying: “If I weren’t there and I wouldn’t have Read More