New York’s Court of Appeals buttressed the state’s shield law in the case of the James E. Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater.
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Mr. Kimball successfully sued the federal government after he discovered that secret files had identified him as a national security risk.
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Conflicting statements given by a security officer to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to CBS call into question a “60 Minutes” report.
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What appeared to be a low point in a long campaign to rein in reporters and chill their sources may turn out to be a very big blessing in disguise.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation to provide greater protections against fines or imprisonment for reporters who refuse to identify confidential sources.
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A lawyer for James Risen, a reporter for The New York Times, has asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to withdraw a subpoena requiring him to testify about a confidential source.
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A federal appeals court ruled that James Risen, an author and a reporter for The New York Times, must testify against a former government official charged with giving him classified information.
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The administration is pushing for greater protections for reporters who refuse to identify sources, even as officials face anger over the seizure of Associated Press records.
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It has been a longstanding practice in many European countries for the police to withhold from the media the names of people who have been arrested. Britons are debating the practice.
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In a case involving the killings at a Colorado theater last summer, a reporter says she will not reveal the names of officers who told her about a notebook kept by the accused.
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