D.C. Circuit Rejects Journalist's Privilege Claim in Privacy Act Case Involving Fox News

D.C. Circuit Rejects Journalist's Privilege Claim in Privacy Act Case Involving Fox News

From Chen v. FBI, decided Tuesday by D.C. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas, joined by Judges Michelle Childs and Harry Edwards: Yanping Chen alleges that federal officials violated the Privacy Act by disclosing records about her compiled as part of an FBI investigation. The records were published by Fox News. In discovery, Chen sought to compel Catherine Herridge—one of the journalists involved in publishing the records—to identify who had leaked th…