[news] Independent Journalist Asserts Constitutional Rights and Resists Federal Grand Jury Subpoena

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

U.S. government dismissed subpoena yesterday to compel testimony and video evidence to grand jury in San Francisco.

In a show of courage against an attempt by the federal government to obtain First Amendment protected information, independent journalist Josh Wolf refused to testify or provide video evidence yesterday to a federal grand jury convened in February. The grand jury is investigating events surrounding a July 2005 demonstration against the Group of Eight (G8) meeting that year in Scotland.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/7312