Military judge Lt. Col. Jeffrey Meeks said prosecutors had other avenues to get the evidence needed in the case against Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich. Prosecutors say the interview contained admissions of crimes in the attack.

CBS attorneys had told the judge that it was in the public’s interest for the subpoena to be quashed, or else potential sources could become more reluctant to talk to the media.

“It is not easy for journalists to have witnesses, who are central witnesses in cases such as these, to sit down and share their story with the general public,” attorney Seth D. Berlin said. “If we become viewed as an arm of the government, nobody is going to do that.”

In the the court-martial of Staff Sargent Frank D. Wuterich, the AP is reporting,