Reporter for ‘Times’ Does Not Want to Testify, Challenging Subpoena

Amidst CIA agent trial, reporter for The New York Times asks to not testify. This all despite the accusations

Reporter for NYT

that his recent book contains information from a CIA agent.

Jim Risen, a reporter for The New York Times, will ask a court Tuesday to throw out a Justice Department subpoena. Risen says he doesn’t want to testify against a CIA agent accused of leaking classified information.

Risen has a history of digging for government secrets and finding pay dirt. He helped expose the government’s warrantless wiretapping program. And he ventured into the shadows again to write a history of the CIA during President George W. Bush’s years.

That book has landed him in the Justice Department’s cross hairs. Prosecutors say it includes material from former CIA agent Jeffrey

Article source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/21/137311742/-times-reporter-to-challenge-subpoena-in-leak-case?ft=1f=1003