Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Air Force May Revise Subpoena Policy

JAG Memo Follows Meeting with Dart Society Members

After several recent cases in which reporters' notes have been subpoenaed for court-martial proceedings, the Air Force is considering revisions to its legal regulations that would discourage uniformed lawyers from serving subpoenas on journalists.

Reporter Defies Air Force Subpoena

By Jesse Tarbert

Unlike other journalists who have defied subpoenas recently, Miles Moffeit is not protecting a high-level government source or someone accused of a serious crime. He's protecting Leah Kaelin, an 18-year-old woman who says she was gang-raped at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas by four fellow airmen in June 2003.