A Pennsylvania judge presiding over an investigating grand jury squelched a subpoena issued to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Brad Bumstead, that paper reports. The strangest part of the situation is that the judge says the subpoena--which had his signature on it-- was issued without his knowledge: "Judge William R. Carpenter, who is supervising the grand jury and whose signature appears on the subpoena issued Wednesday night, told the Trib he did not know about the subpoena until he talked with a reporter."
The judge has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate whether information has been leaked by the Attorney General's Office.
Several media-law experts told the Trib that Pennsylvania has a strong law that shields reporters from having to reveal their confidential sources.
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