Reply #40: not just Russert, Time reporter, WaPo and Newday

[maddezmom]

Bierstedt said the prosecutors asked Time a week ago to cooperate but the magazine declined to do so. She said Fitzgerald wants to question Cooper about a story that appeared in Time on July 21, 2003, and another that ran on Time's Web site on July 17.

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The request to interview reporters may suggest that the probe is nearing a conclusion, because Justice Department guidelines require that prosecutors exhaust all other avenues before calling reporters before a grand jury. Attorneys for several grand jury witnesses and news organizations said it is not clear whether Fitzgerald is moving toward seeking indictments in the case or whether he is preparing to complete it without bringing criminal charges.

Last week, Fitzgerald asked to interview reporters at The Washington Post and Newsday. A Newsday lawyer said last night that the paper had declined the request but has not received a subpoena.

Eric Lieberman, a Post lawyer, declined yesterday to comment on the response to the request for voluntary interviews with reporters Walter Pincus and Glenn Kessler. He also would not comment on whether the reporters have been subpoenaed.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46823-2004May21.html