James Risen, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who pledged to go to jail before revealing a government source, won’t be called to testify in the case of the former CIA officer suspected of being the leak, the Washington Post reports.
Since the ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was charged with leaking the information to Risen, the New York Times reporter was the star witness.
It’s unclear whether enough evidence exists to convict Sterling without Risen’s testimony.
The 2010 case has stalled for years as Risen fought efforts to subpoena him.
The information gathered from the source was used in Risen’s 2006 book, “State of War,” which documented what Risen depicted as a heavily flawed effort to sabotage Iran’s nuclear weapon.
Prosecutors announced their decision not to pursue Risen’s testimony in a court filing Monday.
