confidential source

confidential source. A person who provides information to a law-enforcement agency or to a journalist on the express or implied guarantee of anonymity. • Confidentiality is protected both under the Federal Freedom of Information Act (for disclosures to law enforcement) and under the First Amendment (for disclosures to jour-nalists). [Cases: Witnesses 196.1, 216(4).C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 358, 365.]

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词条贡献者

资深译员Betty，毕业于亚洲一流的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与商业移民有关的法律文件。