Paper Refuses Military Court's Subpoena

DENVER -- The Denver Post is resisting a military court subpoena for notes taken by one of its reporters about an alleged gang rape of an 18-year-old woman at an Air Force base.

The case is believed to be one of only a handful in which the military has sought a reporter's unpublished material, the Post said. In most cases, military courts have ruled such material is protected from disclosure.

The reporter, Miles Moffeit, wrote in March that a woman said she was gang-raped in June 2003 by four fellow airmen stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base at Wichita Falls, Texas. Matthew Monroe has been charged in connection with the rape and faces a general court-martial.

Earlier this month, a judge advocate for the Air Force demanded on behalf of Monroe that all "notes, memoranda, videotapes, audiotapes and any other information and documents" gathered by Moffeit be turned over to the Air Force.

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