Editor & Publisher speculates:
Will Time Inc. Hand Over Documents that Keep Cooper Out of Jail?NEW YORK When Matthew Cooper of Time magazine and Judith Miller of The New York Times return late Wednesday afternoon to face the federal judge who ordered them to jail last fall for refusing to reveal confidential sources, two different outcomes may emerge.
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While New York Times officials have maintained that Miller will not reveal the source who leaked to her the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame, a source close to Time Inc. told E&P that the company is considering handing over documents that would reveal the source.
Eh?
The New York Times reiterated its position Monday that it would not reveal the source in a statement that said, in part, "we fully support the position of Judith Miller and her decision to honor the commitment she made to her sources."
For Time, however, the response was somewhat different, with a statement Monday that seemed to leave room for a different result, pointing out that circumstances may have changed since the contempt of court order was given by Hogan late last year. "We think it premature for Time Inc. and Matt Cooper to articulate final positions until Judge Hogan has ruled on our request for review and reassessment," the statement said in part.
Can't wait until tomorrow!!
I feared this may fall through the cracks with all the hoopla over Dubya and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamspeech...