In Their Own Words - Risen
Posted January 13, 2015
— “THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS GOES BEYOND JIM RISEN. IT AFFECTS JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE. JOURNALISTS NEED TO BE ABLE TO UPHOLD THAT CONFIDENTIALITY IN ORDER TO DO THEIR JOBS.”
Attorney for NYT reporter James Risen on the Justice Department’s decision not to call Risen to testify at the trial of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling who is charged with providing Risen details about a botched US operation in Iran intended to disrupt that country’s nuclear program. Click here for more.
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