But the Central Intelligence Agency, while disclosing material on human rights abuses in Chile, has balked at declassifying files about Washington's involvement in them.
Military officials familiar with the document disclosed additional material and provided several quotations from the assessment.
Geoffrey Prime was sentenced to imprisonment for a total of 35 years for disclosing material while employed at GCHQ.
I was threatened with contempt and jail for refusing to disclose confidential material.
By law, he cannot disclose material collected by a grand jury except in connection with a criminal proceeding.
But because of the Government's reluctance to disclose classified material, they said, prosecutors are likely to keep the most intriguing aspects of the case secret.
Whether the government must disclose exculpatory material during plea bargaining is an open question.
In 2004 and 2005, Egypt disclosed past undeclared nuclear activities and material to the IAEA.
Anne Noble, a lawyer for Fox, said the ruling violated a New Jersey law enacted to protect news organizations from having to disclose unbroadcast material.
News organizations are also protected in New York State courts from disclosing unpublished material from both confidential and nonconfidential sources.