James Risen

NYT Reporter Seeks To Quash Subpoena; Says Gov't Tried To Intimidate Him

Ryan J. Reilly | June 22, 2011, 12:10PM

James Risen, the award-winning national security reporter for the New York Times who has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors to testify in a case against a CIA whistleblower, accused the government of attempting to intimidate him and his sources in an affidavit he filed to quash the subpoena.

"I take very seriously my obligations as a journalist when reporting about matters that may be classified or may implicate national security concerns," Risen wrote. "I do not always publish all information that I have, even if it is newsworthy and true. If I believe that the publication of the information would cause real harm to our national security, I will not publish a piece."

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Topics: CIA, James Risen

James Risen

Obama DOJ: We Only Subpoena Journalists If We Really, Really Have To

Ryan J. Reilly | May 24, 2011, 4:55PM

After the Justice Department obtained New York Times reporter James Risen's credit reports and credit card and bank records, it moved this week to subpoena the award-winning journalist's testimony in the trial of a former CIA agent accused of leaking of classified information.

But a DOJ spokeswoman said Tuesday that the Department takes subpoenaing reporters seriously and they'll only do it as a last resort.

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Justice Department

Obama Justice Department Subpoenas New York Times Reporter In CIA Leak Case

Ryan J. Reilly | May 24, 2011, 11:25AM

The Obama administration's Justice Department has taken the extraordinary step of subpoenaing a journalist in a leak case against a former CIA operative.

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Topics: CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, James Risen, Jeffrey Sterling, Justice Department, Leaks

Obama Administration

Pursuing Bush-Era Case, Obama DOJ Hits Times Reporter With Subpoena

Justin Elliott | April 29, 2010, 10:26AM

Following in the footsteps of the Bush Administration, President Obama's Justice Department has approved a subpoena of New York Times reporter James Risen demanding he reveal sources for a chapter in his 2006 book about a botched CIA operation to infiltrate Iran's nuclear program.

Risen was first subpoenaed about the matter during the Bush Administration, in February 2008. The operation in question, described in Risen's State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration, began in 2000, during the Clinton years.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Eric Holder, James Risen, Obama Administration