Supreme Court Declines Case Of Reporter Seeking to Protect Confidential Source (+video)

Photo Credit: Columbia University / APThe US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up the case of a New York Times reporter who is seeking to avoid being forced to reveal a confidential source in testimony in a criminal trial.

The reporter, James Risen, was subpoenaed to testify at the trial of a former Central Intelligence Agency officer accused of disclosing secret intelligence information without authorization to Mr. Risen.

Risen had sought to block his compelled testimony at the trial.

The high court turned down Risen’s petition without comment. The action lets stand a federal appeals court’s decision requiring Risen to testify at the trial. The appeals court rejected Risen’s argument that the courts should recognize a reporter’s privilege against being forced to reveal the identity of a confidential source.

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