[snip] NY Times sues Justice Dep't over phone records
First the Valerie Plame case, now a probe of an Islamic charity raid—the government just can’t get enough of New York Times reporter Judith Miller, only she doesn’t want to tell them anything. The paper yesterday sued the Justice Department in an effort to keep phone records for reporters Miller and Philip Shenon private. The paper was angered when Justice tried to obtan the records, from the post-Sept. 11, 2001 period, directly from the phone company instead of the paper. The records are part of a Justice investigation into a raid on the Islamic charity Global Relief Fund. The government says that the reporters were tipped by a government source about the raid, a tip it believes was criminal. The Times insists that the reporters’ phone records should be kept private under reporters’ privilege.[/snip]
NY Times sues Justice Dep't over phone records - MediaLifeMag (Sept 2004)
Thank you!
I think I remember when that raid happened. I specifically remember it being in Northern Virginia!
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