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"Reporter names no sources at deposition; Contempt hearing may be sought in leaks lawsuit"

"Reporter names no sources at deposition; Contempt hearing may be sought in leaks lawsuit": Today's edition of The Detroit Free Press contains an article that begins, "For 50 minutes through scores of questions, Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter declined under oath Monday afternoon to reveal confidential sources in a legal standoff that pits journalistic principles against the obligation to testify under court order. Time and again, the lawyer for ex-federal prosecutor Richard Convertino peppered Ashenfelter with questions trying to discover who leaked word of a confidential Justice Department probe of Convertino's handling of a discredited Detroit terrorism case."

The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Reporter 'takes the Fifth' on behalf of people's right to know."

And The Detroit News reports that "Reporter won't reveal sources in deposition."

Full post as published by How Appealing on December 09, 2008 (boomark / email).