Former Reporter in Hatfill Case Asks Appellate Court For Assistance

Former reporter Toni Locy, now a journalism professor at West Virginia University, is asking the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reverse a district court judge’s order that she reveal the sources that gave her information about Dr. Steven Hatfill, the plaintiff in a suit against the Department of Justice. Judge Reggie Walton told Ms. Locy to reveal the sources or pay daily fines that might go as high as $5,000 a day; she says she cannot remember the names.