New Delhi, Apr 23: Journalists and lawyers were obliged to divulge sources as well as information relating to terrorist activities to police under Pota as it has been universally recognised that they did not enjoy any special privilege in matters of vital national interest, Attorney-General Soli J Sorabjee today said before the Supreme Court. This submission was made by the attorney-general before a bench comprising Justice S Rajendra Babu and Justice G P Mathur while defending the validity of Section 14 of Pota requiring "anyone" to furnish information to police if the investigating officer had reasons to believe that such information would be useful for curbing the menace. Sorabjee said that Section 14 of Pota contained nothing new but was a milder version of Section 39 of the Criminal Procedure Code which made it obligatory on every person to tell a magistrate or police any commission or even intention to commit an offence. On Section 21 of Pota, under which MDMK leader Vaiko was arrested for giving a speech in support of LTTE, Sorabjee said mere expression of moral support per se would not fall within the mischief of the anti-terrorism legislation. Virtually giving a clean chit to Vaiko, Sorabjee said "Section 21 would not cover any expression or activity which does not have the element or consequence of furthering or encouraging terrorist activity or facilitating its commission." Bureau Report