Fox News reporter James Rosen obtained a scoop in 2009 reporting that North Korea would respond to sanctions with more nuclear tests.
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The Michael Berry ShowSep 23, 2026
Multiple sources confirm that Fox News reporter James Rosen published a June 2009 story reporting that U.S. intelligence expected North Korea to answer a U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution with another nuclear test. The claim drops the post's remark that Rosen vowed to protect his source, but that is a faithful paraphrase and does not affect the core assertion.
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… For the first time ever, a presidential administration is treating news reporting like a crime and a reporter like a criminal suspect. I will always honor the confidentiality of my dealings with all of my sources. Fox News reporter James Rosen vowed Wednesday night to protect his source for a scoop he got back in 2009, reporting then that North Korea would respond to sanctions with more nuclear tests. But the information was classified, and the F b i launched an investigation to uncover Rosen's source that quickly focused on Rosen himself. The level of government surveillance over a reporter was unprecedented. …
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Supports. AP reports that the case stems from a June 2009 Fox News story by James Rosen saying U.S. intelligence warned that North Korea would respond to a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning nuclear tests with another nuclear test.[1]
Supports. Reuters reports that in June 2009 Rosen reported that U.S. intelligence officials anticipated North Korea would carry out additional nuclear tests in retaliation against U.N. sanctions.[2]
Supports. The Hill reports that Rosen's 2009 story stated U.S. intelligence officials believed North Korea would likely test more nuclear weapons in response to new U.N. sanctions.[3]
Supports. Politico and the Washington Post describe the June 11, 2009 Fox News web story, which said intelligence showed North Korea planned a nuclear test among other steps in response to an expected U.N. resolution.[4][5]
Context. The story was based on classified intelligence, and no such tests took place after the resolution passed, which is context rather than a contradiction of the claim that the reporting said this.[4][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1US State Dept expert pleads guilty in leak case | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Attorney general signed off on Fox phone records subpoenareuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Tensions rise between press, Obama - The Hillthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 4Contractor pleads guilty in leak casepolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 5A hard nut to crackwashingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Korean-American analyst caught in Obama administration’s dragnetenglish.hani.co.kr · not rated · cited for: context
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