Contempt Finding Upheld Against Reporters (Fed appeals re:Wen Ho Lee case)

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld civil contempt of court findings against four journalists who refuse to reveal their sources for stories about former nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee.

A federal court did not abuse its discretion in finding the journalists in contempt, the three appeals judges ruled.

The four reporters are H. Josef Hebert of The Associated Press, New York Times' James Risen, Robert Drogin of the Los Angeles Times and Pierre Thomas, formerly of CNN and now of ABC.

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