A REPORTER''S CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE . . . REVEALED?
By Fernando M. Pinguelo, Esq. The June 2007 sentencing of Lewis “Scooter” Libby who was convicted on federal charges of lying and obstructing an investigation into the Bush administration''s actions leading into the Iraq war reminds us of how far reporters will go to protect their sources of information and the consequences of such confidentiality. New York Times reporter Judith Miller''s life changed dramatically on July 6, 2005 when a federal judge ordered her jailed for her continued refusal to give evidence in a grand jury investigation into the disclosure of the identity of a covert CIA operative. Miller’s imprisonment culminated from a series of events that began with President George W. Bush’s January 28, 2003, State of the Union address wherein it was revealed that British intelligence had learned that Saddam Hussein sought significant quantities of uranium from …