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red dog 1

(33,471 posts) Tue Oct 14, 2014, 04:22 PM Oct 2014

NYT Journalist James Risen To Be Sentenced For Refusing To Name Source [View all]

Fresh Air
October 14, 2014

James Risen, the New York Times reporter who was the first person to reveal the NSA's
warrant-less wiretaps, will find out soon if he is to be sent to prison for failing to reveal his source for a story about a botched CIA operation intended to sabotage Iran's nuclear weapons program.

His new book is "Pay Any Price"

He was interviewed today by Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air.
http://www.npr.org/2014/10/14/356121289/journalist-talks-confidential-sources-getting-subpoenaed-and-his-new-book/

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NYT Journalist James Risen To Be Sentenced For Refusing To Name Source [View all] red dog 1 Oct 2014 OP

Also on DemocracyNow today (link) johnnyreb Oct 2014 #1

Thanks for the link! red dog 1 Oct 2014 #8

if this happened under bush, we would all have a collective fit La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #2

That's why they gave us Obama FiveGoodMen Oct 2014 #3

Yes. freedom fighter jh Oct 2014 #4

Judith Miller was jailed under the Bush administration for protecting a source Recursion Oct 2014 #9

There were a few. Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #10

Thanks Recursion Oct 2014 #11

LOL. yes, you clearly were not on DU at the time. La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #21

Miller was jailed for refusing to name Scooter Libby as a Valerie Plame leaker riderinthestorm Oct 2014 #28

+1 liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #23

Wait...I heard that interview today. I thought the trial hadn't started yet... truth2power Oct 2014 #5

It was not a repeat of an earlier show.. red dog 1 Oct 2014 #7

Isn't he being persecuted for not testifying to a Grand Jury? Then their doesn't need to be a trial Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #15

Contempt. I don't know whether to consider that good news or bad... truth2power Oct 2014 #30

From yesterday's Democracy Now interview with James Risen: red dog 1 Oct 2014 #22

Ah...I remember now. Thank you. It's about refusal to testify. n/t truth2power Oct 2014 #29

it did happen under Bush--the case has been in the courts since 2006. librechik Oct 2014 #6

Your dog's name should be Drummer red dog 1 Oct 2014 #24

I hope the judge sends a message with zero sentence. daredtowork Oct 2014 #12

He'll probably get the symbolic 3-4 months, and we'll hear no more of this... Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #13

That's still a criminal record isn't it? daredtowork Oct 2014 #14

A misdemeanor contempt charge? Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #17

Except from Mr. Risen and those who support the freedom of the press. Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #16

Risen isn't the first journo to go to jail to protect a source Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #18

He has never pretended that he is the first. And yes, I also understand what the "real issue" is. Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #19

I'm happy to let the industry define and certify it Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #20

Here is an article from yesterday's HuffPo on James Risen red dog 1 Oct 2014 #25

Journalism is anathema to corporate totalitarianism. woo me with science Oct 2014 #26

Obama's justice dept should drop the case. grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #27

''Sentencing'' a Journalist. Octafish Oct 2014 #31