Your Right to Know Is at Stake
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I worry about the citizens of Providence, who aren't likely to see
their local officials taking envelopes of cash again any time soon.
By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
Feb. 28 issue - Jim Taricani, a local TV news reporter in providence,
R.I., cannot go to the grocery store. Because Taricani is a
heart-transplant survivor, a federal judge is letting him serve his
six-month prison sentence at home, but he is prohibited from using the
Internet, talking to the media or leaving the house except for medical
care. Taricani's crime is that he would not reveal to a grand jury who
leaked him an FBI videotape that showed a top aide to former Providence
mayor Buddy Cianci accepting a bribe. The leaker, a defense attorney,
came forward to say he'd given Taricani the tape. It didn't matter.
Judge Ernest Torres still ruled that Taricani must be placed under
house arrest, while the attorney will likely get off with a wrist slap.
Jonathan Alter
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