a starkly worded letter from a federal prosecutor notifying me that the Justice Department and the FBI were conducting a criminal investigation into my 2006 book, State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. The letter stated that the government was investigating the unauthorized disclosure of classified information in my book. The letter demanded my cooperation. The letter was sent to satisfy the requirements of the Justice Departments internal guidelines that lay out how prosecutors should proceed before issuing subpoenas to journalists to testify in criminal cases. The letter was essentially a warning from the Justice Department. Cooperate now, or a subpoena will follow. I didnt cooperate, and in January 2008, I was subpoenaed by the Justice Department to testify before a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, in the governments leak investigation into my book. I again refused to cooperate, and my lawyers and I moved to quash the subpoena. That was the start of my marathon legal battle waged first against the Bush administration and later against the Obama administration.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:51:48 +0000
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