Posted on 08/09/2004 12:37:45 PM PDT by cyncooper
Time Magazine's Cooper Threatened with Jail for Not Revealing Source
A reporter is being held in contempt of court and faces possible jail time, and another was earlier threatened by a federal judge with the same fate, after they refused to answer questions from a special prosecutor investigating whether administration officials illegally disclosed the name of a covert CIA officer last year.
Newly-released court orders show U.S. District Court Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan two weeks ago ordered Matt Cooper of Time magazine and Tim Russert of NBC to appear before a grand jury and tell whether they knew that White House sources provided the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to the media.
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The traitor and Kerry-operative invoked "plausible deniability"
You know, it so easy to figure out that the investigation is way beyond who said what to Novak. Is it laziness behind this constant misreporting?
Yes, but which one?
You are reading it wrong......if this was going to hurt the President Cooper and Russert would be singing already.......the leaker is a former Clintonista....IMHO.
Man, those two are part of a major Glee Club -- UGLEE!
(Unless he already knows how to put panties on his head.)
I wonder when we'll see a grand jury convened to investigate who leaked the name of the Al-Queda operative in Pakistan to the NY Times? Or, maybe a grand jury to prosecute Sandy Burglar? When pigs fly?
I think Wilson leaked his own wife's name and the journalist used the term "White House Sources" trying to get some Anti-Bush Conspiracy out there! The journalist won't talk or they can kiss all their credibility good-bye! Wilson had a book to write and he felt it should be spiced up a bit with a little conspiracy but he probably never thought it would get this far.
Based upon the pic is post 11, let's hope they don't procreate..
I agree. I also believe that the demand for an investigation was made believing that the Administration would not order one, and thereby feeding the conspiracy tales with a cover-up thrown in. Probably would have made for good impeachment ammo when Bush wins a second term.
But, in response an invetigation was started. Oops. heh heh.
Clarke gets my vote!
Didn't this all come out right after Clarke resigned from the WH ..?? I thought that was very curious.
He'd be goin' Ned Beaty on us hahahahahahaha
Novak may have already spoken with the grand jury.
Also, as I previously stated, I wouldn't be so sure the focus of the grand jury is who "leaked" Plame's name.
You maybe right but we may never know because these journalist won't talk.
Laziness and the left-leaning bias.
Man!!! that is an ugly couple.
Perhaps the reporter won't spill the beans because then it will be revealed that the source was NOT the White House!
They have a long series of threads on the topic, I think its up to 14 or so by now. LOL
Novack was the one who wrote the original story. Novack was the one who 'acquired' the name and published it.
Russert is kind of a secondary player. IIRC, he interviewed Novack when the name was first published.
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