See: Times reporter refuses to offer clues on sources
"Times reporter will not be called to testify in leak case" New York Times January 13, 2015
I was told he already had!
WASHINGTON — James Risen, a New York Times reporter, will not be called to testify at a former CIA officer’s trial, lawyers said Monday, ending a seven-year legal fight over whether he could be forced to identify his confidential sources.
The Justice Department said in court filings that it would not call Risen to testify at the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, who is charged with providing him details about a botched operation in Iran. Sterling’s lawyers, who had also left open the possibility of calling Risen to testify, said Monday that they had withdrawn their subpoena.
The Justice Department first tried to compel Risen’s testimony in 2008 during the Bush administration, when it subpoenaed him to testify in the case against Sterling.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. authorized the subpoena again in 2011, and the effort to obtain Risen’s testimony came to symbolize the Obama administration’s effort to crack down on government officials who talk to reporters about security matters.
But the crackdown provoked a backlash among journalism groups and civil rights advocates, and as Risen’s case dragged on, Holder, who has announced plans to leave office, said he would not try to put reporters in jail for doing their jobs.
An astonishing statement from a man who represents a government that blathers on about freedom and human rights.
Don't get me wrong, they only defend outlets that they control or those that are mouthpieces for them, but that's the usual blather, free pre$$ and all.
Hey, I defend the NYT's right to print all the lying propaganda they want -- as long as you, dear readers, are free to come here and see an alternative and the likely truth.
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Also see: Erasin' Risen
They did it a couple of times with their invisible ink switchers, which is why you got a shit blog post here.
UPDATE: New guidelines issued for US news media leak investigations
