Blackburn's bill introduced, on June 4, would make it illegal to "publish the name of a federal law enforcement officer with the intent to obstruct a criminal investigation or immigration operation."

Blackburn names O'Connell as the reason for the bill, after his office published a list of communications between city departments and federal agents that included some of those officers' names.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has introduced legislation making it illegal to “dox” federal law enforcement officials — a direct response to a spreadsheet published by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office detailing city departments’ recent communications with federal immigration agents.

Blackburn announced that she’d filed the “Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act” on June 4, exp

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