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Dec. 15, 2006

Reporters' Sources Need Protection

FORUM COLUMN - By Peter Scheer - An open letter to the judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: A three-judge panel of this court will soon consider appeals by the San Francisco Chronicle and two of its reporters from judgments of contempt for refusing to reveal their confidential source for stories about steroid use by professional athletes.

Forum Column

By Peter Scheer
     
      An open letter to the judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals:
     
      A three-judge panel of this court will soon consider appeals by the San Francisco Chronicle and two of its reporters from judgments of contempt for refusing to reveal their confidential source for stories ...

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