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A federal judge jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller July 6, 2005, finding her in contempt of court for refusing to divulge her source for a story on the leak she investigated but never wrote.
On Sept. 29, 2005, after nearly three months behind bars, she was released after agreeing to testify about the Bush administration's disclosure of a covert CIA officer's identity.
Miller left the federal detention center in Alexandria, Va., after reaching an agreement with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald. She appeared before a grand jury investigating the case.
In a statement, Miller said: "My source has now voluntarily and personally released me from my promise of confidentiality regarding our conversations."
Her source was Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, reported The Times, which supported her contention that her source should be protected.
Miller was subpoenaed by the grand jury in August 2004 and later found in contempt for refusing to reveal her source. Both she and Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper lost an Appeals court ruling on the issue, and in June the Supreme Court refused to intervene.
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