Judge orders reporters jailed in BALCO subpoena case

by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Fri, Sep 22, 2006 9:47PM

Sep. 22, 2006 · Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will go to prison on contempt of court charges for their refusal to tell a grand jury who leaked them the secret testimony of several professional athletes, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Thursday.

Under the judge's order, Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada will remain out of prison until the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.) can hear their appeal.

The reporters could spend up to 18 months in jail -- the maximum term of confinement for civil contempt under federal rules -- for refusing to tell investigators who leaked secret grand jury testimony of several athletes, including Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants and Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees. The athletes were being questioned about steroid use in connection with a federal investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, known as BALCO.

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§With a "free press" like this, who needs propaganda?

by junya

Mon, Sep 25, 2006 5:17AM

Many thanks to "Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press" for providing this moment of comic relief in our grim times. But seriously folks, the real story behind this twisted joke is at:

"The Government's Media Arm Needs Your Support!"
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/25/18313675.php

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