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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility obtained and disclosed a USFS memo ordering its law enforcement personnel not to talk to reporters about anything without first getting clearance from its Washington director and press office.
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[5] https://www.sej.org/calendar/tol-photojournalism-course
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