Fox News Reporter Fought Subpoena in Justice Dept. Leak Inquiry

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By: Matt Apuzzo | New York Times

WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department was hunting for government leakers in 2011, it said that Mike Levine, a Fox News reporter, must reveal his sources because the universe of people who knew the secret information — analysts, prosecutors, agents, press aides and more — was too vast to narrow any other way.

Court documents unsealed on Thursday reveal a lengthy court fight between Mr. Levine and the Justice Department over whether he could be forced to reveal his sources for an article about Somali terrorism.

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