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WASHINGTON (AP) - Already under fire, reporters protecting their sources' identities are facing further challenges in the CIA leak case and in a lawsuit brought by former nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee.
A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff has said First Amendment issues could become important in the criminal prosecution of I. Lewis Libby on charges of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI.
In Lee's lawsuit, reporters lost a round this week as the ex-scientist continued his effort to find out who in the government told journalists he was under suspicion of passing nuclear secrets to China. Lee was never charged with espionage.
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