• May 16, 2005

With Time magazine White House correspondent Matthew Cooper facing possible jail time, and Time Inc. facing heavy fines, for failing to disclose sources as part of a Department of Justice investigation over who revealed the identity of a Central Intelligence Agency operative, Time Inc. has made an appeal to the Supreme Court. In a letter to Time magazine's readers , Editor in Chief Norman Pearlstine wrote: "We believe we must protect our sources when we grant them confidentiality, an obligation we take seriously. We also believe we must resist government coercion. Put simply, the issues at stake are crucial to our ability to report the news and inform the public." -- J.M.