[Sanchez:] I want to bring you some new information out of Iraq. As you know, most of the fighting in Falluja has ended. So now, U.S. military officials have gone into the site, and they have found in one particular case what may be described by some as a treasure trove of information about one particular insurgency group, that belonging to Zarqawi. In fact, moments ago there was a press briefing where General John F. Sattler described some of the items that were found in what may have been Zarqawi's hideout. Here's what he said.
[Lt. Gen. John Sattler, U.s. Marines Corps:] We have found a number of headquarters, command and control cells. We found a number of letters which we're in the process of exploiting, individuals that list fighters from other countries, other parts of the globe, not just those immediately surrounding the country of Iraq. I can't go into that, because we're in the process of exploiting those. We would not I can not stand here and tell you we found the command and control house or building where Zarqawi went ahead and orchestrated and dealt his VBIDs, his suicide VBIDs and the other death and destruction that he has spread throughout the country of Iraq. We will continue to look for that. If, in fact, we do find it, our intent would to be to exploit that information, and hopefully turn that into actual intelligence to go ahead and continue to breathe down his neck and bring him to justice.
[Sanchez:] Once again, you have it there. That's Lieutenant General John F. Sattler with the very latest information. He's part of the 1st Expeditionary Core, the very latest information on what they're going in and finding now in some of these buildings in Falluja, and particularly in how it relates to Al Zarqawi. Fred, over to you.
[Whitfield:] More on a breaking story we're following for you. A journalist in Rhode Island being convicted of criminal contempt and now facing up to six months in prison for not revealing information, sources in particular, about how he received tape of a city employee in Providence, Rhode Island, apparently accepting some kind of cash, allegedly. Let's go to our Deborah Feyerick who is in Providence with more on this case Deborah.
[Deborah Feyerick, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, good morning, Fredricka. A federal judge has found a reporter, Jim Taricani, guilty of criminal contempt for refusing to reveal the identity of the source. The source in question has provided the reporter with a copy of an FBI videotape which was being used as part of the federal corruption probe. Lawyers and defendants at the time were under a gag order, and special prosecutors were called in to investigate who actually gave this reporter that tape. Now Jim Taricani, the investigative reporter, issued a statement from the courthouse moments after he was found guilty. He said, quote, "When I became a reporter 30 years ago, I never imagined I would be put on trial and face the prospect of going to jail simply for doing my job." But the judge said this was not about his doing his job, that had he no problem with the tape being broadcast, what the judge did have a problem with was the fact that somebody may have knowingly, under a gag order, released that videotape, thereby potentially compromising the integrity of the trial, and the integrity those on trial to get a fair case. Now, those who were in the trial, actually it was long over.
[Whitfield:] And, Deborah, the sentencing is scheduled for December 9th. He faces up to six months in prison. What kind of reaction is perhaps coming from the station where Taricani worked, WJAR, or other people in the city of Providence?
[Feyerick:] Well, the station actually has really backed the reporter. He thanked everybody at the station, saying that they had actually given him a pass for having to work on sweeps week pieces so that he could focus on the court matters, but they also issued a statement that the station, NBC 10, is profoundly disappointed by the conviction of its investigative reporter, and that they were disappointed that he was having to go to jail simply for keeping his word
[Whitfield:] All right, Deborah Feyerick, in Providence, Rhode Island, thanks very much for that update of a seasoned journalist with WJAR, out of Providence, Rhode Island, a journalist of more than 30 years, convicted of contempt, criminal contempt for not revealing sources, and this decision coming down from a federal judge. Sentencing in early December.
[Sanchez:] Yes, and it's what we all learn in libel law when we study this craft we call journalism, the idea that you have to protect your sources or, else you create what's called a prior restrain. And here we have the man who just ran for the presidency of the United States, and lost, Senator John Kerry attending now the inauguration of the brand new facility there on the banks of the Arkansas River for former President Bill Clinton, the library. And the voice you hear in the background, by the way, is that of Phil Driscoll, "My Country Tis of Thee" is what he is performing. We'll be right back.