WASHINGTON -- Two news organizations are asking a federal judge to unseal documents in the CIA leak case, arguing that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald never needed the testimony of reporters because he knew the source of the leak all along. The Associated Press and Dow Jones, in court papers filed this week, asked for the release of the sworn statements Fitzgerald gave to justify subpoenas for New York Times reporter Judith Miller and Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper.
Fitzgerald wanted the reporters help in his investigation of the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to syndicated columnist Robert Novak.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/sns-ap-cia-leak,1,286672.story
Interesting that the media wants documents unsealed in the leak case. The media will find this differcult to battle because:
a) The media's testimony is needed because Libby is claiming that he cannot remember or recall what he told reporters about Plame because he was too precccupied with National Security issues and that he didn't intentionally lie to the grand jury and the FBI investigators.
b) Libby is charged with perjury and not being the leaker.
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