LEAKING SCANDAL UPDATE:

After El Mundo editor and publisher Pedro J. Ramirez claimed the right not to reveal his newspaper's sources in its investigation of the March 11, 2004 bombings, and failed to turn over the evidence demanded by the court, Audiencia Nacional judge Juan Del Olmo recused himself from the case last week. Del Olmo justified his actions against Ramirez on the grounds of guarding the safety of protected witnesses, though he did not do the same thing when El Pais revealed official secrets in another case.

A way of retracting while saving face: even the two main judge associations had criticized del Olmo.

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