Court OK's Look at Times' Phone Records

Las Vegas Sun ^ | August 01, 2006 | DAVID B. CARUSO

[Not gonna take it anymore]

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that federal prosecutors investigating a leak about a terrorism funding probe can see the phone records of two New York Times reporters.

A panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in a 2-1 vote that prosecutors had a valid interest in seeing who had contacted the reporters.

"We see no danger to a free press in so holding," Judge Ralph K. Winter wrote for the majority.

The case involved stories written in 2001 by Times reporters Judith Miller and Philip Shenon that revealed that the government planned to freeze the assets and search the offices of two Islamic charities, the Holy Land Foundation and Global Relief Foundation.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald then opened a grand jury probe into the source of the newspaper reports, claiming the reporters' phone calls to the charities seeking comment had tipped them off about the investigation.

When the paper declined to identify its sources, Fitzgerald threatened to subpoena Times billing records from the phone company. The newspaper then filed a lawsuit seeking to block any such effort.

In February 2005, the newspaper appeared to achieve a victory when U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet ruled that the government had failed to prove that it had exhausted all other methods before resorting to the demand for phone records.

The 2nd Circuit panel disagreed.

"No grand jury can make an informed decision to pursue the investigation further, much less to indict or not indict, without the reporters' evidence," Winter wrote.

[new yorker 77]

FYI

[greyfoxx39]

BTTT

[SkyPilot]

Time for the MSM to shake in their boots and do a "mental rewind" now.

[Suzy Quzy]

It says TWO reporters....who's the OTHER one besides Judith Miller??

[OldFriend]

Philip Shenon.......he is named in the article.

Just reading Jayna Davis' book and whose name pops up....Judith Miller who was given the privilege of observing the interrogation of an Iraqi suspect.

[Suzy Quzy]

Sorry, I didn't see that name...I NEVER heard that name either?? Any info on him by Jayna Davis?? What did she have to say about him?

[Suzy Quzy]

Is that Hezbo supporter Sami Al Arian in prison or has he been deported???

[OldFriend]

Just reading about Judith Miller in Davis' book. Still have about 1/3 of the book to go. My blood is boiling just thinking about the coverup by the Reno justice dept.

[Mo1]

FYI Ping

[finnman69]

Pinch gets Punched!

[Suzy Quzy]

Janet Reno and Jamie Gorelick have a LOT to answer for, and so do their puppet masters, the Clintons.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Nice graphic.

Is that the face of the MSM, with the reflection of Ann Coulter in their eyes?


hehehe

[nopardons]

Oh boy!

[nopardons]

It might be. :-)

[nopardons]

Many thanks for the ping. This IS good news, indeed.

[Sam Hill]

Sami Al Arian is still in prison, but will be deported:

Terrorist Professor Cohort Deported To Palestine | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/terrorist-professor-deported-to-palestine

[LachlanMinnesota]

They all have direct dial numbers, and only limited numbers of people use those direct dial numbers. It is not necessarily going to show what was said, but it can give times and possibly durations, and from what number to what number. For example, if it is a call from Joe Blowhard's direct dial number to Mustapha Evil's direct number, they have a means to make further relevant inquires about calls that were made after they learned of the search and before the search was conducted.

On the other hand, if there were no calls from one number to the next, they would know that if there was a communication, it took place by some other means, such as in person discussion, or another phone systems, etc.

At least they can start there to search for more evidence.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Pinch is feeling the pinch.

[OldFriend]

The other evening Ollie North had two men on who had tracked down the men who had killed the Navy Seal, Stetham.

This was in 1996. The killers were in Lebanon and these guys wanted to 'get them'.

The administration told the investigators that they had no interest in 'getting' those killers.

The administration = Klinton

[Suzy Quzy]

There's a new sheriff in town...:)