Veto sets example for Congress.(Intelligence Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 vetoed)(Brief Article)

A recent veto distinguishes between policy and funding issues. Wilt Congress pick up on the difference?

If only all of our battles were so easily won. If only Congress would take the hint.

On Oct.28 in Columbus, Ohio, delegates attending SPJ's National Convention approved a resolution calling on President Clinton to veto a bill making any unauthorized disclosure of "classified" information a federal felony punishable by fines and prison time.

On Nov. 1, SPJ was one of more than a dozen journalism, public interest and educational organizations that sent a joint letter to the president calling for a veto of H.R. 4392, "The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year …