PA subpoena for reporter’s testimony shelved

JTA
A federal magistrate ruled that the Palestinian Authority cannot force a reporter from The Atlantic magazine to testify in a terror-related lawsuit, Politico reported.

Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, was subpoenaed recently by the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, which demanded that he testify about his relationship with Moshe Saperstein, a Jewish settler suing over a terrorist attack in the West Bank in 2002.

Magistrate Judge John Facciola in Washington granted Goldberg's motion to quash the subpoena, stating that Goldberg had a qualified reporter's privilege and, while he could possibly shed light on Saperstein's credibility, it was not worth the hassle of bringing Goldberg into the case.

Goldberg had interviewed Saperstein for a New Yorker article published in 2004 and had worked with Saperstein at the Jerusalem Post. Goldberg claimed not to have direct knowledge of the shooting attack in 2002...   Full story