'New York Times' Reporter Subpoenaed  The Justice Department has
subpoenaed New York Times reporter Jim Risen to provide critical
eyewitness testimony it says it can't get any other way in the
leak case involving former CIA operative Jeffrey Sterling. Risen
says he'll ask a judge to quash the subpoena, setting up a First
Amendment fight and a game of chicken with high stakes.
Federal prosecutors are taking the bold step of sending a
subpoena to a reporter for The New York Times. The Justice
Department says James Risen would be a critical witness in the
case against a CIA agent accused of leaking classified
information. But Risen's lawyer says they'll fight the subpoena.
And as NPR's Carrie Johnson reports, that sets up a big test of
the First Amendment.  CARRIE JOHNSON: It's the legal equivalent
of a game of chicken - two cars moving toward each other at high
speed, neither one wanting to swerve away. First, there's the
Justice Department. Prosecutors there are intent on making a
case against former CIA e