Judge: Glenn Beck must identify sources on Boston Marathon bombing

politico.com ^ | 8/9/16 | Josh Gerstein

[ColdOne]

A looming First Amendment showdown drew closer Tuesday as a federal judge ordered conservative media host Glenn Beck to identify at least two confidential sources in connection with a defamation lawsuit stemming from Beck's reporting on the Boston Marathon bombing.

The suit was filed by Saudi Arabian student Abdulrahman Alharbi, who was injured at the scene of the deadly bombings. Beck continued to link the Saudi national to the attacks even after U.S. officials said publicly he'd been cleared.

U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris ruled that Beck must disclose the names of two Department of Homeland Security employees who allegedly gave a Beck producer information backing up the radio and TV host's claim that Alharbi was the "money man" behind the attack.

[Fred Nerks]

Good memory...I remembered his face and Michelle at the hospital as soon as I saw the headline.

[GregNH]

I can’t wait to see what comes out of this trial. I remember Beck talking about it at the time and we was adamant about his source and even talked about his source coming on his show and then all of sudden he stopped talking about it....

[Fred Nerks]

Not very considerate of Michelle is it? The brat with the golden gun, drawing attention to something the first family would rather not have generally known. Regardless what happens to Beck, it’s stirred up some murky scum.

[little jeremiah]

I remember all that stuff - his visits to the WH, group photo with other Saudi royals, the special hospital visitors - and then whisked away to Saudi Arabia.

[butterdezillion]

Politics makes a$$es out of us all.

I HATE politics. Party spirit. A sin listed in the Bible.

[little jeremiah]

Placemarking a few....

I remember all that quite vividly. Including Sasquatch not wanting to be photographed.