Hewlett-Packard wasn't winning much new tech business with Allstate Insurance until Thomas Hogan came calling.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Recent departures include Thomas Hogan, executive vice president of enterprise sales, marketing and strategy, and Gary Budzinski, senior vice president of HP Technology Services.

FORBES: HP Exec: Where We'll Spend On Services

The case is now due to go back to US District Court Judge Thomas Hogan, who gave the original ruling against the journalists in October 2004.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | US court shuns reporters' appeal

On Wednesday, Cooper told US District Judge Thomas Hogan that he was prepared to testify after being freed from his obligation to secrecy by a personal intervention from his source.

BBC: Q&A: US media freedom case

All along prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and district court Judge Thomas Hogan have indicated a willingness to get very, very tough with a woman who asserts a principle they do not recognize.

NPR: Revisiting Judith Miller