abstract:Matthew Cooper (born 1963) is the managing editor for White House coverage for National Journal magazine.New York Observer (2010) Cooper is a former reporter for Time who, along with New York Times reporter Judith Miller was held in contempt of court and threatened with imprisonment for refusing to testify before the Grand Jury regarding the Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation.
It's not Plame or her husband, Joseph Wilson, nor it is White House chief of staff Karl Rove or columnist Robert Novak, reporter MatthewCooper or Judith Miller, for that matter.
It's not often that journalists are invited to appear before lawmakers to plead their case, so MatthewCooper of Time magazine could be excused for seeming a bit uncomfortable in the formal hearing room of the Senate Judiciary Committee.