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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court delayed Monday a decision on whether to take up a fight over reporters' confidential sources, apparently because a former government scientist's lawsuit that prompted journalist subpoenas may be settled.
A lawyer for former nuclear weapons scientist Wen Ho Lee told the court in a letter last week that "there have been recent settlement discussions with the government in the underlying case," in which Lee accused the government of violating his rights under the Privacy Act.
Appeals arising from that case are pending at the Supreme Court, brought by journalists who were found in civil contempt of court. The reporters have refused to disclose who leaked them information about an espionage investigation of Lee.
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