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Posted on 08/04/2006 8:03:11 AM PDT by SmithL
A dispute between the Justice Department and The Chronicle over the use of grand jury testimony in stories about athletes' steroid use will come to a showdown today in a San Francisco federal courtroom.
Federal prosecutors will ask a judge to order reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams to reveal who leaked star players' admissions that they had taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs. The reporters and the newspaper have also been served with subpoenas for grand jury transcripts and any documents that would reveal the source or sources.
If the judge refuses to dismiss the subpoenas and orders the reporters to testify -- and if they ultimately refuse -- they could be held in contempt and jailed until they agree to talk, or until the grand jury term expires. The newspaper could be fined for withholding documents that are covered by the subpoena, though its lawyers deny that the paper has any such material.
Such an outcome, if it occurs, is probably at least several weeks away, after further proceedings before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White and review of his decisions by higher courts. But if there was any doubt about the risks journalists face in confrontations with the government, it was dispelled in another San Francisco federal courtroom earlier this week.
On Tuesday, freelance reporter Josh Wolf was found in contempt and sent to prison by U.S. District Judge William Alsup for refusing to turn over to a grand jury the videos he took of an anarchist protest in the Mission District last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Do not collect $200!
FYI
They can't ask reporters those kinds of questions. They're a special class of citizens, don't you know ?
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The guy's HEAD has grown. One does not gain weight in the head from aging.
I was hoping it was the Houston Comical's sports section, for their vicious lies that may have damaged the Astros clubhouse. But then they already are subject to the contempt of the whole community. Worst newspaper ever.
Maybe even in left San Francisco, the findings of a Grand Jury are not published until they are released. Those, who do so are violating some serious laws.
......The guy's HEAD has grown. One does not gain weight in the head from aging.....
Oh Yeah? Tell me that when you are 65.
Look at photos of Ambassador Young or me and saythat :)
I certainly hold the Chronicle in contempt.
Ome more time. The outward symptons of steroid abuse are what?
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