12/01/1997
https://www.congress.gov...
The Executive should implement that law according to the will and intent of the Congress.
It contains no exceptions for journalists, researchers, human rights investigators, or other professionals.
I cannot overstate how serious I believe this issue is, as a separate, but equal, branch of the Government.
Members of Congress, like Ranking Member Conyers, actually voted against the law, because those specific exemptions were not included.