Judge: Reporter Must Testify in CIA Probe

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Judge: Reporter Must Testify in CIA Probe


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WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ruled that a New York Times reporter must testify before a grand jury as part of an investigation into the disclosure of an undercover CIA (news - web sites) operative's name.



In a decision made public Thursday, U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan rejected Judith Miller's claim that as a reporter she should not be compelled to testify about confidential sources.


Federal prosecutors are trying to find out who in the Bush administration leaked the identity of Valerie Plame, whose name was published by syndicated columnist Robert Novak on July 14, 2003. Novak cited two "senior administration officials" as his sources.


It can be a felony to leak the name of an undercover officer.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=ap/cia_leak

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I bet judith is placing calls to the WH RIGHT NOW

Pass the popcorn, it will be enjoyable to see her squirm... and yes I wnat to know WHO uncovered a NOC

[goforit]

3. And some how there will be a delay.

Count down.......

[maryallen]

4. That Grand Jury room is so bugged,

I bet.

[TahitiNut]

2. How can a 'source' be confidential ...

... when she's not the one who broke the story (a 'source of what, then?) and the 'source' made himself known (and no longer anonymous) to several presstitutes?

[MidwestTransplant]

5. Maybe she could send Chalabi in her place.

[sattahipdeep]

6. Who is "Scooter" Libby?

Libby also represented Marc Rich, a billionaire fugitive who reportedly
enjoys very close ties to Israeli intelligence and whose pardon by Bill
Clinton in the last days of his presidency became a major scandal, but
one quickly hushed by the incoming Bush administration. The fact that
Rich had renounced his US citizenship after his conviction for tax
evasion made the pardon - and Libby's efforts to obtain one - particularly
galling for many conservatives and made Libby himself a particularly
curious choice for Cheney's chief aide.


http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EJ01Aa01.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. HE is the Chief of Staff

to the REAL PRESIDENT of the United States, the evil one, hte one nobody mentions truly... (Chenney)

[JSJ]

8. a word of caution...

...the Bush WH is very adept at playing both ends- should it lose in it's efforts to shield documentia from discovery or should it's allies do the same, they'll have as a consolation prize- is that what it wanted all along?- the further erosion of the First Amendment's protection of sources.

*removed a word

[Moderator]

9. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=832052