[cyncooper]

Check out the other thread I posted first. The judge uses some interesting language according to the article:

Judge Upholds Media Subpoenas in CIA Leak Case (PLAME/WILSON)

excerpt:

"To be clear, this court holds that Cooper and Russert have no privilege, qualified or otherwise, excusing them from testifying before the grand jury in this matter," Hogan ruled in the 11-page opinion.

"There have been no allegations whatsoever that this grand jury is acting in bad faith or with the purpose of harassing these two journalists," the judge wrote.

~snip~

Interesting, no?

[Steve_Seattle]

It sounds like - but I can't be sure - that the journalists or their attorneys claimed that requiring them to divulge their sources constituted "harrassment." Is it reasonable to assume that they would make this claim only if revealing their sources would be a source of professional embarrassment? And is it therefore possible that - as far as they were concerned - the source was not someone one the administration, but perhaps one of the administration's enemies? (It still seems that the Novak leak DID come from the Bush administration, but was not the act of malice that Bush's enemies claim it was.)