A federal judge kept his promise and jailed NY Times reporter Judith Miller for contempt. The judge charged Miller with criminal contempt in October for refusing to reveal the name of a source to a grand jury investigating a Bush Administration's leak of the name of a CIA operative.
Miller maintained that she would not reveal a source even with the possibility of jail. "There is still a realistic possibility that confinement might cause her to testify," U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said.
In an about face, Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper told the judge that he would cooperate with a federal prosecutor's investigation. "I am prepared to testify. I will comply" with the court's order, Cooper said.
Last week Time released Cooper's notes to the court hoping he would not be compelled to testify. Federal Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald demanded that Cooper testify with or without the release of the notes.
Miller was escorted out of the courtroom to an undisclosed location. Miller had requested "home confinement" as her punishment, a request rejected by the prosecutor.
No date has been set for Cooper's testimony.
New York Times Reporter Is Jailed for Keeping Source Secret - New York Times
Tags: Judith Miller, Matthew Cooper
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