A federal judge ruled against a former federal prosecutor claiming a confidential source from the Department of Justice violated his privacy rights by talking with a reporter.
In his decision the judge said that the former prosecutor could not prevail in his case against the Department of Justice (DOJ) because he needed to show that the department “willfully violated his rights” under the Privacy Act and that the person leaking information to the press was acting within the scope of his job at the DOJ. He had to know the identity of the leaker to demonstrate those points. -db
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, March 25, 2011, by Lyndsey Wajert.