Time Magazine to Cooperate in Plame Case Probe

New York Times Publisher Is 'Deeply Disappointed' by Decision

By Daniela Deane

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 30, 2005; 4:24 PM

Time Inc. announced today it will comply with a court order to hand over the notes of correspondent Matthew Cooper to a prosecutor investigating the leak of an undercover CIA operative's identity, and so avoid jail time for the magazine reporter.

In a statement issued by Time magazine's editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstine, Time Inc. said the delivery of the confidential source documents "certainly removes any justification for incarceration."