From: legal_reality
Subj: Risen (of the NYT) ordered to testify
21 July A.D. 2013
Even lawyers don't have a privilege to refuse to testify, other than a "5th Amendment" position, where possible participation in criminal activity is at issue.
A lesson, then, is that "leaks" need to remain anonymous.
Another lesson is that "leaks" need to come directly from the source, rather than through someone else.
That said, Risen may very well go to jail (for a while) for refusing to testify. Honorable, to say the least.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Harmon L. Taylor
Legal Reality
Dallas, Texas
Even lawyers don't have a privilege to refuse to testify, other than a "5th Amendment" position, where possible participation in criminal activity is at issue.
A lesson, then, is that "leaks" need to remain anonymous.
Another lesson is that "leaks" need to come directly from the source, rather than through someone else.
That said, Risen may very well go to jail (for a while) for refusing to testify. Honorable, to say the least.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Journalist James Risen ordered to testify in CIA leaker trial
Appeals court rules that reporters have no first amendment protection that would safeguard confidentiality of their sourceshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/
New York Times' James Risen Ordered To Testify In Leaks Case
Harmon L. Taylor
Legal Reality
Dallas, Texas
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