NYT reporters' phone records ruling [2nd Circuit]

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NYT reporters' phone records ruling [2nd Circuit]

Bernard Hibbitts

August 1, 2006 08:10:00 pm

New York Times v. Gonzales, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, August 1, 2006 [ruling that federal prosecutors may review two New York Times reporters' phone records while trying to determine who leaked information about a terrorism investigation]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF] and the dissent. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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