| Matthew Cooper AKA Matthew Stanley Cooper Born: c. 1962
Birthplace: New Jersey
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Reluctant to name Plame leak source Journalist for Time, reluctant to name the source (almost certainly from within the White House political machine) of Valerie Plame's identity as a secret agent. Disclosure of Plame's identity would be a federal felony. He has refused to testify and ultimately was held in contempt of court by U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan. On 29 June 2005 Judge Hogan ruled that Cooper and editor Judith Miller of The New York Times must divulge this information within two weeks or face 18 months imprisonment. Hogan cites Branzburg vs Hayes (1972) as precedent. On 1 July 2005, Time announced it would comply with the subpoena. MSNBC political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell claims the source in question is Karl Rove.
Father: Daniel I. Cooper
Mother: Bette Gelula Cooper (d.)
Wife: Mandy Grunwald (m. Nov-1997, 1 son)
Son: Benjamin (b. 1999)
University: Columbia University (1984)
Time White House correspondent 2003-
Newsweek
The New Republic Senior Editor
US News and World Report White House correspondent 1993-95
The Washington Monthly Contributing Editor
Contempt of Court
Risk Factors: Obesity
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