Reporters Told to Testify in Leak Case (Re: Scientist In Anthrax Case)

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Reporters Told to Testify in Leak Case

MATT APUZZO | August 13, 2007 07:24 PM EST |


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WASHINGTON — Five journalists must identify the government officials who leaked them details about a scientist under scrutiny in the 2001 anthrax attacks, a federal judge said Monday.

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ordered the reporters to cooperate with Steven J. Hatfill, who accused the Justice Department and FBI of violating the federal Privacy Act by giving the media information about the FBI's investigation of him.

The reporters named in the opinion are Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman of Newsweek, Allan Lengel of The Washington Post, Toni Locy, formerly of USA Today, and James Stewart, formerly of CBS News.

Walton denied Hatfill's request to demand information from the media companies ABC, The Washington Post, Newsweek, CBS, The Associated Press, The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times.

more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070813/anthrax-hatfill/