Reporter Compelled to Testify after DOJ Promises to Back Off Reporters
By Adam Martin
This is awkward: One week after the Justice Department announced it was narrowing its targeting of reporters
as it investigates leaks, one such reporter now faces prison after a
court decided he should get no protection for using information the
government says was leaked. James Risen, a New York Times reporter whose book State of War
used information the DOJ thinks he got from former CIA officer Jeffrey
Sterling, must testify in Sterling's criminal trial, a three-judge panel
decided on Friday. If he refuses, as he's said he will, he faces prison. Risen will probably appeal the decision, experts told the Times,
so he won't be heading off to the clink just yet. But as the DOJ
continues to prosecute the case, the whole scenario makes you wonder how
serious it is about protecting journalists from itself.
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[SIDEBAR: New York Times Zionists global government ideology isn't modern idea according to the inhabitants of the planet - humans, ALL and not the Judith Miller mold! THANK energy Helen Thomas one with ALL.
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