Reporter Held in Contempt in CIA Leak Case

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON - Time magazine is appealing a judge's ruling that one of its reporters is in contempt of court for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of the identity of a covert CIA (news - web sites) officer.



Faced with a similar contempt ruling, NBC-TV's "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert agreed to an interview with prosecutors about a telephone conversation he had in July 2003 with Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby.


The journalists' divergent decisions came after U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, in a sealed ruling July 20, rejected their claims that the First Amendment protected them from having to testify. That ruling and Hogan's holding of Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in contempt were made public Monday.


Grand jury subpoenas for Russert and Cooper were issued as part of the investigation into the leak of the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, whose name was disclosed by syndicated columnist Robert Novak on July 14, 2003. Novak cited two "senior administration officials" as his sources.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20040810/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak

[RodneyCK2]

1. I knew this would happen and it isn't the first time..

the reporter, I am sure, will allow himself to go to jail before releasing the names. This should be interesting to follow..

[DenverDem]

3. If you are in jail, you are still alive, at least.

Rat on busholini inc. and you will swim with the fishes.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. The nerve of these reporters. We are "at war" after all

what unpatriotic bastards. :evilgrin:

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=738579