WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court refused on Tuesday to rehear a case in which it had ruled that two journalists must disclose conversations with their confidential sources to a grand jury investigating a leak that exposed the identity of a covert CIA operative.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said it voted against rehearing the case before the whole court.

A three-judge panel in February upheld a lower court ruling that found New York Times investigative reporter Judith Miller and Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in contempt for refusing to testify.

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