Prosecutor Urges Judge to Jail Reporters Who Refused to Testify - New York Times

Prosecutor Urges Judge to Jail Reporters Who Refused to Testify - New York Times: "Matthew Cooper of Time magazine and Judith Miller of The New York Times should be jailed for refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the disclosure of the identity of a covert C.I.A. operative, the special prosecutor in the case said in court papers filed today.
Last week, Time magazine provided Mr. Cooper's notes and other documents to the special prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, after the United States Supreme Court refused to hear appeals filed by the magazine and the two reporters. In today's filing, Mr. Fitzgerald said he had reviewed the documents and determined that Mr. Cooper's testimony 'remains necessary.'
The reporters, who have consistently refused to testify about conversations with their sources, filed papers on Friday suggesting that they be sentenced to home confinement if incarceration is required. In the alternative, Ms. Miller asked to be sent to a federal prison camp in Danbury, Conn., and Mr. Cooper to one in Cumberland, Md.
Mr. Fitzgerald opposed those requests today, saying that the local jail in the District of Columbia 'or some other nearby federal facility' would be more appropriate."