'NY Times' Sues Attorney General Ashcroft in Plame/Novak Probe
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press
Published: September 28, 2004 9:00 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) The New York Times sued Attorney General John Ashcroft on Tuesday, seeking to block the Justice Department from obtaining records of telephone calls between two veteran journalists and their confidential sources.
The lawsuit said the Justice Department was "on the verge" of getting records as part of a probe aimed at learning the identity of government employees who may have provided information to the newspaper. It asked a judge to intervene.
The paper said the government intends to get the records, which reflect confidential communications between the journalists Philip Shenon and Judith Miller and their sources, from third parties unlikely to be interested in challenging its authority.
The lawsuit said the Justice Department has advised the Times that it plans to obtain records of all telephone calls by Shenon and Miller for 20 days in the months immediately following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Despite this headline, the specific nexus of these matters remains unclear, particularly regarding the time period, i. e., right after 911, as Daily Kos points out.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/28/21150/3224
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