### Question
Can you define what original source means?


### Answer
**Original source** is defined as the following in *18 U.S.C. § 3059*:

> a person who has direct and independent knowledge of the information that is furnished and has voluntarily provided the information to the Government prior to disclosure by the news media

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 3059*
  - Heading: **PART II-CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 203-ARREST AND COMMITMENT**

