1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/IN U.S. SENATE TESTIMONY, CPJ CALLS FOR U.S. BAN ON RECRUITING JOURNALISTS AS SPIES - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GbsvR1mBJV"><a href="https://cpj.org/2002/05/in-us-senate-testimony-cpj-calls-for-us-ban-on-rec/">IN U.S. SENATE TESTIMONY, CPJ CALLS FOR U.S. BAN ON RECRUITING JOURNALISTS AS SPIES</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2002/05/in-us-senate-testimony-cpj-calls-for-us-ban-on-rec/embed/#?secret=GbsvR1mBJV" width="600" height="338" title="“IN U.S. SENATE TESTIMONY, CPJ CALLS FOR U.S. BAN ON RECRUITING JOURNALISTS AS SPIES” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="GbsvR1mBJV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Washington, D.C., May 2, 2002—In Senate testimony today, a CPJ representative argued that the U.S. government should never recruit journalists as spies, and that U.S. intelligence operatives should never pose as journalists. Appearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, CPJ Washington representative Frank Smyth underscored the need…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/10/colophon.gif