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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (67699)	6/3/2006 1:51:46 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) of 173976

kennyboy comments on abuse of power under slickbillie admin. News Media Pay in Scientist Suit By ADAM LIPTAK Wen Ho Lee, an atomic scientist once suspected of espionage, yesterday settled an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the government for $1,645,000. Five news organizations are paying almost half that sum to avoid contempt sanctions against their reporters. In the suit, Dr. Lee said the government had violated privacy laws by telling reporters about his employment history, finances, travels and polygraph tests. The settlement followed seven months of unusual negotiations among Dr. Lee, the government and lawyers for the news organizations. The five reporters were not defendants, but had been held in contempt of court for refusing to testify and ordered to pay fines of $500 a day for refusing to disclose the identities of their confidential sources. The news organizations — ABC News, part of the Walt Disney Company; The Associated Press; The Los Angeles Times, part of the Tribune Company; The New York Times; and The Washington Post — agreed to contribute $750,000 to the settlement.

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