James Risen Takes His Press Freedom Fight To The Supreme Court

Reporter Takes Press Freedom Fight To Supreme Court
MEET THE PRESS -- Pictured: (l-r) James Risen, National Security Reporter, New York Times, appears on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, D.C., Sunday, June 16, 2013. (Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)
MEET THE PRESS -- Pictured: (l-r) James Risen, National Security Reporter, New York Times, appears on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, D.C., Sunday, June 16, 2013. (Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)

New York Times reporter James Risen said Monday that he has formally taken his legal battle to prevent him from having to reveal confidential sources all the way to the Supreme Court.

Risen tweeted the news on Monday afternoon:

Today, I filed a brief with the US Supreme Court asking the court to hear my case.

— James Risen (@JRisen) January 13, 2014

Risen was ordered last year to testify in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent charged with leaking classified information about covert American operations against Iran. Risen wrote about that topic in a 2006 book, but has thus far refused to reveal who gave him the information. He has lost a series of appeals, most recently in October. When he lost that court argument, Risen told the Times that he intended to ask the Supreme Court to rule on his case.

If the Supreme Court declines to take Risen's case, he would then have exhausted his last legal avenue.

Click here to read a copy of the brief.

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