Judge Holds Reporter in Contempt in Leak Probe
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A federal judge held a New York  Times reporter in contempt on Thursday for refusing to testify  in the investigation of whether the Bush administration  illegally leaked a covert CIA officer's name to the media.
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A New York Times reporter and a Time magazine reporter can be jailed if they continue to refuse to answer questions before a grand jury about their confidential conversations with government sources, a federal appeals court decided this morning.
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A federal judge held five reporters in contempt Wednesday for refusing to identify their sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying, a lawyer said Wednesday.
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A federal judge rejects a bid by Wired News and other media outlets to unseal whistle-blower papers in a lawsuit over surveillance of Americans. In 27B Stroke 6.
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A federal judge is holding five reporters in contempt today for refusing to identify their sources for stories about former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Wen Ho Lee.
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Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will avoid jail time after a criminal defense lawyer agreed to plead guilty to leaking them secret grand jury documents from the Balco steroids investigation.
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A federal judge said on Thursday   the two journalists who refused to reveal their source in the   BALCO steroids scandal should go to prison, but he would not   implement his decision pending an appeal of the case.
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WASHINGTON: Five US journalists were found in contempt of court yesterday after failing to comply with a court order to identify government sources in the case of Taiwanese-born nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee.
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Journalist may face jail for refusing to divulge sources in investigation of leak of agent&#39;s name. By Curt Anderson. WASHINGTON -- A reporter for The New York Times was held in contempt Thursday by a federal
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Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters were ordered jailed Thursday for a maximum 18 months, pending an appeal, for refusing to testify about who leaked them secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds and other elite athletes.
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Contempt of court orders against Time magazine and one of its reporters were dismissed after the journalist agreed to give a statement to prosecutors probing the Bush administration leak of a covert CIA officer's identity.
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The US Attorney&#39;s office is investigating whether criminal contempt charges should be pursued against a defense lawyer who admitted leaking an FBI tape to a reporter, then lying about it.
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Chicago Tribune - Chinese authorities have arrested a New York Times news assistant on charges of leaking state secrets, and the newspaper has appealed to the "highest levels" of the U.S. government to help secure his release, a senior editor at the paper said Thursday.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to hold two men who have been top aides to President George W. Bush in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in its probe of the firing of federal prosecutors.
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Documents related to a whistle-blower lawsuit that led to a text-messaging sex scandal involving the mayor must be turned over to the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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(KCBS)âThe judge presiding over the BALCO case has asked the Department of Justice to investigate grand jury leaks. The US District Judge overseeing the case claims transcripts have been disclosed in violation of federal secrecy rules.
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A federal judge took the unusual step Thursday of rejecting a plea deal for an attorney who admitted leaking the grand jury testimony of elite athletes to two newspaper reporters.