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Contractor Pleads Guilty in Fox News Leak Case

HeadlineFeb 11, 2014

A former government contractor whose case ignited a firestorm over the Obama administration’s targeting of journalists has pleaded guilty to leaking documents on North Korea to Fox News. Stephen Kim faces a likely sentence of 13 months in prison under the plea deal. Kim was charged under the Espionage Act, the nearly century-old law which was also used to classify Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “co-conspirator” in the case. Outcry over the government’s seizure of phone records from both Rosen and the Associated Press –- in an unrelated case –- prompted a change in Justice Department guidelines last year.

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