New York – Today a federal prosecutor demanded the grand jury testimony of Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper, even though Time Inc. has surrendered e-mails and other documents in the probe into the disclosure of a CIA agent’s identity.
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald also opposed the request of Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller to be granted home detention – instead of jail – for refusing to reveal their sources.
Fitzgerald said allowing them home confinement would make it easier for them to continue to defy the court order.
Last week,Time magazine said it was delivering the notes of reporter Matt Cooper to the special prosecutor investigating who in the Bush administration disclosed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. Time magazine is part of the media company Time Warner Inc.
The case has sparked one of the most serious constitutional clashes between the media and the government in three decades.
