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Federal appeals court upholds reporter subpoenas....Feb. 15, 2005 -- Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine must testify about their confidential sources before a federal grand jury investigating who leaked undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to reporters, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., unanimously ruled this morning.

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Judith Miller: Shield laws and other protections

US National Index

A comprehensive survey of the US state by state from the Poynter Institute

Testing Press Privilege in the CIA Leak case

Good background and collection of articles from Online NewsHour

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

In the last three decades the Committee has played a role in virtually every significant press freedom case that has come before the Supreme Court -- from Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart to Hustler Magazine v. Falwell -- as well as in hundreds of cases in federal and state courts.

Journalism and the CIA Leak Case

In the wake of the recent CIA leak case, questions have been raised about whether a law should exist to shield journalists from revealing sources. Many are concerned confidential sources will no longer trust journalists who fear jail time. Following a background report, four experts discuss the CIA leak investigation's effects on journalism.

Judith Miller's First Ammendment Page

Section of Miller's site devoted to shield laws and other first ammendment issues

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