Reporters Fight Subpoenas in Terror Trial
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NEW YORK - Reporters at three news organizations are resisting subpoenas issued in the trial of a lawyer charged with conspiring to support terrorists.
Prosecutors issued subpoenas to four reporters at Reuters, The New York Times and Newsday, saying they want the reporters to testify that lawyer Lynne Stewart said what they quoted her as saying in their articles.
Newspaper articles on their own are not admissible because they are considered hearsay.
Lawyers for the reporters have argued that making the reporters testify would compromise their neutrality by forcing them to side with prosecutors.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=10&u=/ap/20040615/ap_on_re_us/terror_trial_subpoenasIf you haven't been following this, the anointed one, Asscough, is trying to stifle coverage of the trial of the attorney he's also trying to stifle.