article_snippet: Texas switched to that source several months after Texas previous supplier cut ties, citing hate mail and potential litigation after Texas name became public through an open records request from The Associated Press.
article_snippet: Prison officials have since waged a legal battle to keep the name of Texas latest supplier secret, but it's unclear how much longer Prison officials can do so after a state judge last year ordered Texas's prison agency to divulge that source.
article_snippet: Prisons spokesman Jason Clark said Texas's lawyers have advised Texas's prison agency not to comment on whether the current supplier has backed out or whether the judge's order has affected the judge's order ability to find a supplier.
article_snippet: We're focused on multiple fronts,' Brad Livingston, the Texas agency's executive director, said last month before a prison board meeting in Austin. '
article_snippet: We're not ruling anything out, but clearly securing additional pentobarbital is part of We game plan.'
article_snippet: Texas officials have insisted the identity should remain secret, citing a 'threat assessment' signed by Texas Department of Public Safety director Steven McCraw that says pharmacies selling execution drugs face 'a substantial threat of physical harm.'