Time editor in chief Norm Pearlstine has issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Appeals Court decision that Matt Cooper and the New York Times's Judith Miller must testify in the Plame case:

We are deeply disappointed by the court's decision to affirm holding Matthew Cooper, Time Inc. and Judith Miller in contempt. We fully intend to pursue all of our legal avenues with respect to today's decision. The free-flow of information is central to a democracy and a free press serving in the public's best interest is one of the core principles upon which this country was founded. We continue to believe that the right to protect confidential sources is fundamental to journalism. Without that right, important information that should be available to the public would never see the light of day. In the United States no journalist should have to go to jail simply for doing his or her job.