“On Monday, the Justice Department argued that Fourth Circuit Court should uphold its July ruling that New York Times reporter James Risen was ineligible to claim reportorial privilege under the First Amendment, meaning that Risen would have to reveal if former CIA operative Jeffrey Sterling was the source of information published in Risen’s book State of War.  Risen vowed to go to prison before revealing the name of his source on the stand, but he may be just trying to bide time until Congress passes a stronger version of the media shield law.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/27/holder-limit-james-risens-journalistic-privilege-in-jeffrey-sterlings-espionage-trial/

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