NEWS: Bush Hates the Free Press. What Else is New?

Subrosa said:
Well, I think his argument about Justice Department regulations is hogwash. Sure, it's easier to change regulations, but that's exactly the reason why we need the law. If reporters have to just hope that the current DoJ won't come down on them if they feel like it, then that's not true protection, is it?

As for his other to arguments (that it sets too high a bar for federal prosecutors to overcome and that it casts too wide a net), I don't know as I haven't yet read the entire proposed legislation. I'm guessing though, from the overwhelming support it got from the House (even the vast majority of House Republicans voted for it), that it's a relatively tame bill.