The U.S. Justice Department has subpoenaed two reporters to find out how they got grand jury testimony surrounding the BALCO laboratories performance enhancing drug investigation.
The Justice Department wants to know how reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams of The San Francisco Chronicle got their hands on secret grand jury information related to testimony about Major League Baseball and San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds.
Government prosecutors are weighing whether to charge Bonds with perjury for the testimony he gave the grand jury about his alleged use of banned substances including steroids.
Currently, Bonds is just two home runs shy of matching Babe Ruth's 714 career homers. Henry Aaron is the all-time major-league leader with 755 home runs.
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