08/29/11

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Federal prosecutors filed a motion Friday, asking District Judge Leonie Brinkema to clarify and possibly reconsider, her July 29 ruling that a New York Times reporter would not be required to reveal confidential sources during the espionage trial of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling. In the motion, the government's lawyers again argued that James Risen's testimony about the sources for his reporting on CIA efforts to undermine Iran's nuclear program is critical to making their case against Sterling, who's charged with illegally revealing CIA operations to Risen.

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