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larkeith on Dec 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Canadian Supreme Court: Reporter must give RCMP ma...

Would this apply if the reporter had destroyed the data prior to the government request? What about in the case where such a destruction were a condition set by the terrorist in order to proceed with the interview?

floatingatoll on Dec 3, 2018 [–]

Those are useful questions to consider, but as with the risks I describe, ultimately would require a court decision.

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