Journalist Sarah Olson Wins Victory for Free Speech against Subpoena
Women's Media Center, January 30, 2007
By Helen Zia
Independent journalist Sarah Olson has won her First Amendment fight against a government subpoena ordering her to testify in the court martial of war resister U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada. On January 29, the military dropped its subpoena against Olson, 31, who has been covering the resistance to the war in Iraq ever since the invasion in 2003.
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