U.S. seeks to jail journalists in BALCO case
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The U.S. government asked a   federal judge on Tuesday to imprison two reporters who have   refused to reveal sources in the BALCO steroid case which has   damaged the reputations of top athletes, but prosecutors agreed   to delay imposition of the punishment.
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Victor Conte, head of the BALCO  lab at the center of a global steroid scandal, says in court  papers to be filed Friday that a federal agent last year asked  him if he would secretly record athletes suspected of doping.
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U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they are asking a judge to jail a former Miami, Florida, man accused of setting up a half-dozen boiler-room financial scams that faked Web sites and government documents.
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The U.S.-based Committee to Protect  Journalists has urged Saudi Arabia to release a blogger who has  been detained in the conservative Muslim kingdom for almost a  month for his writings.
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Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is the defendant but journalism seemed at times to be on trial Wednesday as two reporters were questioned about their methods.
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Three Americans on trial in Afghanistan  for illegally imprisoning and torturing Afghans have appealed  to the U.S. ambassador to request the charges be dropped,  lawyers for two of them said Wednesday.
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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 did not   implement his decision pending an appeal of the case.
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BALCO founder Victor Conte Jr. will return to the spotlight Jan. 31 when defense and government lawyers will appear before US District Judge Susan Illston
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Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will avoid jail time after a lawyer pleads guilty to leaking them secret grand jury documents from the Balco steroids investigation.
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com. Victor Conte, the founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) who faces federal charges of illegally distributing performance-enhancing drugs, attempts to shed light
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(New Haven-AP, Aug. 23, 2004 1:20 PM) _ The family of an American journalists freed by his Iraqi kidnappers is keeping a low profile in New Haven.
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MOSCOW The police announced the arrest of two men Tuesday in connection with the murder of a prominent American journalist, but officials provided few details about the men or their motive and Russia&#39;s chief prosecutor later suggested that the arrests
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An unknown militant group demanded the release of Muslim prisoners in U.S. jails within 72 hours in exchange for two kidnapped Fox News journalists, who were shown sitting cross-legged and barefoot on the floor in a video released Wednesday.
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With several reporters facing possible jail sentences and fines, there are signs mounting legal pressure on journalists to reveal confidential sources is having a chilling effect on newsgathering.
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A U.S. media rights watchdog group said on Wednesday that editors of two Pakistani newspapers in New York City have been threatened over reports on criminal activity in the Pakistani-American community and other articles.
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The Inter-American Press Association criticized the U.S. government on Sunday for placing restrictions on foreign journalists' travels and for recent court rulings ordering reporters to reveal secret sources.
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Lawyers for three Americans charged with torturing suspects in a private jail during a freelance hunt for terrorists in Afghanistan appealed Wednesday to the US ambassador to help stop their trial.