The Justice Department is pursuing the leak from government officials to The New York Times‘ James Risen. A former government official called before a grand jury regarding the case has confirmed that he was shown phone records that prove some in the government had conversations with Risen as he was reporting on the CIA, as well as the National Security Agency’s program of warrantless eavesdropping. The department is pursuing the sources for Risen’s book “State of War,” and articles he wrote for the Times. (New York Times)
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