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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (60456)	4/28/2005 1:19:59 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

The Plame investigation is complete, except for the cooperation of Matthew Cooper and Judith Miller. Treason! Could you please explain the legal reasoning behind that charge? Fitzgerald has said that his investigation is complete except for hearing from Cooper and Miller. 2 reporters lose 3rd bid to shield sources of CIA leak By Mark Sherman Associated Press Published April 20, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Two reporters facing jail for refusing to divulge their sources in the leak of an undercover CIA officer's name lost in federal court for the third time on Tuesday. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to reconsider a three-judge panel's ruling compelling Time magazine's Matthew Cooper and The New York Times' Judith Miller to testify before a federal grand jury about their sources or go to jail for up to 18 months. Both publications will ask the appeals court to put off any sanctions while they pursue an appeal to the Supreme Court. U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago, who is serving as a special prosecutor in the case, has said the refusal of Cooper and Miller to identify their sources has stalled his investigation of who revealed the name of CIA officer Valerie Plame. Disclosure of an undercover intelligence officer's identity can be a federal crime if prosecutors are able to show that the leak was intentional and that the person who released the information knew of the officer's secret status. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan held the reporters in contempt in October, rejecting their argument that the 1st Amendment shielded them from revealing their sources. Neither Cooper nor Miller wrote the original story that identified Plame. Her name was first published in a 2003 column by Robert Novak, who cited two unidentified senior Bush administration officials as his sources. It is not publicly known whether Novak has cooperated with the investigation or whether the grand jury hearing evidence has returned any indictments. The column appeared after Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, wrote a newspaper opinion piece criticizing the Bush administration's claim that Iraq had sought uranium in Niger. The CIA had asked Wilson to check out the uranium claim. Wilson has said he believes his wife's name was leaked as retaliation for his critical comments. Cooper reported on the Plame controversy. Miller never published an article about the matter, although she gathered material about Plame. Fitzgerald has said that his investigation is complete except for hearing from Cooper and Miller. chicagotribune.com