Yanping Chen alleges that federal officials violated the Privacy Act by disclosing records about her compiled as part of an FBI investigation. Like this case, Lee involved an appeal by non-party journalists held in contempt for refusing to identify their confidential sources in Privacy Act litigation. Herridge nonetheless asks us to rule in her favor because … Chen's Privacy Act claim is frivolous or meritless …. We reject Herridge's contention that the Privacy Act claim here is frivolous. As to experience, Herridge contends that virtually every state has recognized some form of a reporter's privilege.