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Another reporter threatened with contempt for refusing to reveal sources Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR211.htm Date Written:  10/02/09 Year Published:  2009   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter not to hold the journalist in contempt of court for refusing to identify confidential sources. Abstract:  Reporters Without Borders is urging the judge presiding over the February 11 hearing against Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter not to hold the journalist in contempt of court for refusing to identify confidential sources. Ashenfelter declined to answer questions, invoking the First and Fifth Amendment during a December 8 deposition in former federal prosecutor Richard Convertinoâ##s lawsuit against the government. Convertino is suing the US Justice Department for violating the Pri... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR211.htm Topics Confidential Sources Journalism Sources Press Freedom Protecting Confidential Sources

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