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Judith Miller Held in Contempt of Court

HeadlineOct 08, 2004

In Washington, a federal judge has ordered New York Times reporter Judith Miller to be jailed for up to 18 months for refusing to name her sources as part of a federal investigation. The case centers on CIA agent Valerie Plame who was outted by columnist Robert Novak. Now a federal judge is attempting to force other journalists who covered or considered covering the story to name their sources. Miller contemplated writing an article on Plame but never did so. Since she is now refusing to name who she talked to, a judge is holding her in contempt of court. Her jail sentence has been suspended pending her appeal. It remains unclear whether the federal government has ordered Novak to release his sources.

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