Fitzgerald Still Wants Cooper/Miller Testimony, Hearing Set for Today
Patrick Fitzgerald, the U. S. Attorney seeking testimony from Time reporter Matthew Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller in the investigation of the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s name, continues to demand that U. S. District Judge Thomas Hogan order both journalists answer questions or report to jail for up to 120 days, even though Time magazine has opted to turn over materials requested by the government. Hogan will hear arguments today for and against the journalists’ remaining options, including home confinements. Read an article from the Chicago Tribune here. Even though Time has relinquished Cooper’s notes, Fitzgerald still maintains that he needs Cooper’s testimony. He further says that he needs Miller’s testimony, although she never published any articles on the Plame matter, and although he says he knows the identity of her source, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle (see here.)
Still unexplained is whether columnist Robert Novak, who did publish Valerie Plame’s name, has been subpoenaed, has testified, or will testify. He says he will explain “…when the case is closed.” See here.
More coverage for your perusal here:
Adam Liptak, New York Times (picked up in the International Herald Tribune)
Gary Younge, Media Guardian (article dated July 1, 2005)
The AP report is also being carried by the Canadian paper The Globe and Mail.