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February 11, 2014

Contractor Pleads Guilty in Fox News Leak Case 
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A former government contractor whose case ignited a firestorm over the
Obama administration's targeting of journalists has pleaded guilty to
leaking documents on North Korea to Fox News. Stephen Kim faces a likely
sentence of 13 months in prison under the plea deal. Kim was charged
under the Espionage Act, the nearly century-old law which was also used
to classify Fox News reporter James Rosen as a "co-conspirator" in the
case. Outcry over the government's seizure of phone records from both
Rosen and the Associated Press –- in an unrelated case –- prompted a
change in Justice Department guidelines last year.

 

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