Time Reporter Again Held in Contempt in CIA Agent Leak Case

A federal district judge held a Time magazine White House correspondent in contempt of court on Wednesday, threatening him with up to 18 months in jail if he refused to testify before a grand jury investigating the disclosure of an intelligence officer's identity. It was the second time the judge, Thomas F. Hogan of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, had ordered the correspondent, Matthew Cooper, to disclose sources for an article in which he wrote that "some government officials" identified Valerie Plame as an official of the Central Intelligence Agency. It was also the second time Mr. Cooper refused, citing a journalist's promise to protect his sources. [more ] and [more ]