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...operative whose diplomat-husband had criticized the President's justifications for the war in Iraq. Libby had been a confidential source for at least three other reporters--including TIME's Matthew Cooper--who received subpoenas in the case. All three eventually spoke to prosecutors after receiving a waiver of confidentiality from Libby. And last week Miller fell in line too, testifying for more than three hours before a grand jury about her conversations with him, after receiving what she called a voluntary and personal waiver of her reporter's promise to keep her source's identity in confidence...
Students who enroll in “Justice” will have to sign a waiver granting permission for their image and voice to be included in the film...
Harvard has also been wise in opting to waive tuition for these displaced students. As most such students have already paid their fall tuitions at their native New Orleans colleges, the tuition waiver spares these students from demanding a tuition refund from their devastated alma maters. Obviously, for many students waiving tuition would also be a necessary condition of attending Harvard this fall, so the tuition waiver is doubly appropriate...
...drugs? Two states--California and Virginia--have approved the use of ATM-style kiosks for prescription refills, and Hawaii has okayed them for first orders. Longs Drugs stores in California have already deployed at least four of the machines under a state Board of Pharmacy waiver that allows the dispensing of drugs without a pharmacist present. Pharmacists naturally worry that the kiosks will reduce their contact with customers. And many of those customers are likely to be elderly, say critics, rich targets for drug users looking for an easy score. --By Coco Masters...
...July 6: U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan jails N.Y. Times reporter Judith Miller for refusing to testify before the grand jury. Cooper agrees to comply, saying he had received a specific waiver from his source...