A brief post on this developing and disheartening story. Judith Miller, the New York Times reporter who, along with Time's Matt Cooper has been threatened with jail time for failing to reveal a confidential source who gave her information about who (Karl Rove) leaked Valerie Plame's name to Bob Novak, is going to the hoosegow. A federal judge today said that Miller should be jailed "immediately" for failing to reveal her source to a grand jury.
Matt Cooper, meanwhile, got off easy today when his confidential source contacted him and gave him express permission to testify before the grand jury. Cooper's testimony will be heard later this week; provided he answers all the questions they ask him the contempt of court charge against him will be dropped.
Here, straight from the horse's mouth, is a Times article about Miller's imprisonment.
Those who believe that the government bears close scrutiny by a free and independent press are invited to a wake at my house this weekend.
3 comments:
Man Smitty, this is one for the Courts. :(
By the way, that previous post was me. Didn't get to fill my name in!
I just wish the darned court would agree to hear the case. But there is hope in Congress...assuming supporting a free press is something a majority of Congressmen want to do. I'm not entirely confident about that.
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