he thought specifically of the case of wen ho lee, scientist who was accused of possibly having leak secret technology. , as hes a case where would have put it, inadequate journalism tarnished this man's reputation, ruined his life. why should the journalist be protected from helping him get some compensation for that? >> if you look at the balance of interest overall and whether you can actually get sources and ,ther types of investigations my view has been that it's more important to protect the confidential source relationships in terms of future reporting than to say we're going to force the reporters to the meritscause of of a particular case. the problem with that is once you force reporters to test or they can be jailed, that sends a broader signal to sources and it really creates the kind of chilling effect that jonathan was talking about. >> do you want to respond to any of this? >> a couple of things. yout, it is true that if are a reporter, you are served with a subpoena, your testimony is demanded and you refuse in litigation, you could face contempt and that could end up

he thought specifically of the case of wen ho lee, scientist who was accused of possibly having leak secret technology. this was a case where, as he would have put it, inadequate journalism tarnished this man's reputation, ruined his life. why should the journalist be protected from helping him get some compensation for that? >> if you look at the balance of interest overall and whether you can actually get sources and other types of investigations, my view has been that it's more important to protect the confidential source relationships in terms of future reporting than to say we're going to force the reporters to testify, because of the merits of a particular case. the problem with that is once you force reporters to test or they can be jailed, that sends a broader signal to sources and it really creates the kind of chilling effect that jonathan was talking about. >> do you want to respond to any of this? >> a couple of things. first, it is true that if you are a reporter, you are served with a subpoena, your testimony is demanded and you refuse in litigation, you could face conte

my boss reverend fong submittedierver today also in support of victor and this refers to the win ho lee case. to me this epitomizes why i'm here to support victor. victor gave us courage to advocate when we were cynical that we could achieve justice. and when things looked down, victor always encouraged us to look up and to look forward. and that is what epitomizes my support for victor. victor brings the community along and we've always gained courage from that. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon. my name is chris parks. i'm a member of the national alliance for mental illness and i have called upon and i am to the police department for providing help to families and those who struggle with mental health disabilities. training is crucial to support the police department in providing though services. commissioner chan, i've watched her champion and take on very difficult issues that are important and i deeply care about. i feel fortunate that she has devoted her time to the commission and i cannot imagine the police commission or the city without her. also knowing she will continue to ser

win ho lee, chinese american in new mexico who was falsely accused of being a foreign spy based upon racial profiling and selective prosecution. in partnership with the national lawyers guild, the aclu and lawyers committee for civil rights, we worked as part of a statewide coalition to fight racial profiling both on the state level while driving black and brown as well as on the national level by all levels of government. i left the caucus in 2001 and became the managing attorney of api legal outreach, a nonprofit devoted to serving the survivors of domestic violence, of human trafficking, of elder abuse as well as immigrant refugee communities. while at api legal outreach i continued my work on police use of excessive force and helped to form and advocate for a san jose based coalition formed around the killing of [speaker not understood] tran, a vietnamese woman shot inside her own home while using a vegetable pieler to try to make dinner for her children. in 2003 i represented the family draw of mr. she tau wu chinese american man shot in his own home near portsmouth square after