I want to know where is Novak's subpoena?
New York Times Says Reporter Subpoenaed Over Leak
Fri Aug 13, 2004 05:29 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York Times reporter has been subpoenaed by a grand jury investigating the disclosure of a CIA undercover officer's identity to syndicated columnist Robert Novak and other journalists, the newspaper reported on Friday.
The subpoena to Judith Miller was one of several issued to journalists in the investigation of whether Bush administration officials illegally leaked the covert officer's name.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the Times' publisher, said the paper would move to quash the subpoena, issued at the behest of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. He said the subpoena seeks to compel Miller to reveal confidential sources.
"Journalists should not have to face the prospect of imprisonment for doing nothing more than aggressively seeking to report on the government's actions," he said.
Lawyers for the Times said the paper expects to receive a separate subpoena for its records, and would fight it.
A federal judge on Monday rejected requests to quash subpoenas issued to Tim Russert of NBC's "Meet the Press" and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine on the grounds they violate the reporters' privilege under the Constitution's First Amendment.
Time magazine was fined $1,000 a day, and Cooper was ordered "confined at a suitable place," but the judge suspended both penalties pending appeal.
Novak identified the CIA officer, Valerie Plame, in a July 2003 column.
