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  • Blogger stays in prison, defying grand jury order [ Josh Wolf ]

    10/16/2006 7:43:56 AM PDT · by SmithL · 32 replies · 1,191+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 10/16/6 | Demian Bulwa
    Blogger and anarchist Josh Wolf, spending his 57th day in federal prison today for refusing to surrender video he shot of a violent San Francisco protest, is well on his way to becoming the longest-jailed journalist in U.S. history. To the government, the 24-year-old San Franciscan is hindering a federal grand jury investigation into serious crimes -- an attack on a police officer who suffered a fractured skull during the July 2005 rally and the attempted burning of his patrol car. To Wolf and his supporters, including prominent press organizations, he is the latest victim of a Bush administration assault...
  • Freelancer held in contempt for refusing to testify

    09/11/2006 10:34:04 AM PDT · by SmithL · 3 replies · 387+ views
    AP ^ | 9/11/6 | DAVID KRAVETS
    San Francisco -- A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the contempt of court citation against a San Francisco freelance journalist who is refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating an anarchists' protest he videotaped. A federal grand jury subpoenaed Joshua Wolf to acquire the 30 minutes of unpublished material, but he refused and he was ordered jailed Aug. 1. He was released a month later as he appealed his case. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that 1972 Supreme Court precedent requires everyone, including journalists, to appear before grand juries if they have been summoned....