Without the PRESS Act, "journalists reporting confidential source information are at risk of losing their freedom. This I know better than most," writes journalist Vanessa Leggett, who spent 168 days locked up for refusing to burn sources in 2001. https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2024/07/25/press-act-2024-journalist-source-confidentiality-federal-shield-law-democracy-government-protection/74517441007/