Judge: Times Must Give Up Anthrax Sources

Here we go again: another court case involving New York Times‘ confidential sources, this one regarding the paper’s 2001 columns on the anthrax mailings.

Via the New York Sun:

The New York Times is bracing for another high-profile First Amendment confrontation after a federal judge in Virginia upheld an order compelling the newspaper to divulge its confidential sources for columns about the 2001 anthrax mailings. The decision Tuesday by Judge Claude Hilton effectively places the Times in contempt of court, as attorneys for the newspaper have said it will not comply with any order to identify confidential sources.

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