By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent testified Wednesday that there is no direct evidence that an ex-CIA officer leaked classified information to a New York Times reporter, the Associated Press reports. But the agent said CIA man Jeffrey Sterling was often in contact with journalist James Risen as prosecutors finished up their case based…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The New York Times’ decision to quote an anonymous source from a terrorist group about the bloody attacks last week in France was in poor taste and provided a platform for violent extremists, FBI Director James Comey said in a sharply worded letter to the Times, the newspaper reports. The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com 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…
By Pete Williams NBC News WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder has decided against forcing a reporter for The New York Times to reveal the identity of a confidential source, according to a senior Justice Department official. The reporter, James Risen, has been battling for years to stop prosecutors from forcing him to name his…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge has given the Justice Department until Tuesday to decide whether to subpoena New York Times reporter James Risen to testify against a CIA operative who allegedly leaked classified information to the journalist, the Huffington Post reports. U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema issued the order Tuesday. Former CIA…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than a dozen Pulitzer Prize winners urged the Justice Department on Monday to stop trying to force New York Times reporter and author James Risen to identify a confidential source, the US News reports. Risen has said he’d go to jail before testifying at the trial of former CIA employee Jeffrey…
By Rem Rieder USA Today The New York Times ran a story the other day about a dilemma facing the Obama administration: whether to pursue its efforts to force Times reporter James Risen to testify in its prosecution of a former CIA agent suspected of leaking classified material. If it does so, it’s clear that…
