Sunday, July 31, 2005
The Judy File - Updated @ HuffPost
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The Judy File
Ever since I started blogging about Judy Miller's role in Plamegate (and in the selling of the war in Iraq), I've been showered with tips and tidbits about the jailed reporter, whom one e-mailer from Sag Harbor ("her summer hometown") archly referred to as "the amazing Ms. Miller, intrepid girl reporter."
And since I spent the weekend in the vicinity of her summer hometown, some of what I heard was delivered by people who know her well. Together all these pieces of information now comprise my newly labeled -- and ever-expanding -- Judy File.
A recurring theme in many of the conversations and e-mails is how Judy, to the dismay of many of her colleagues, never played by the same rules and standards as other reporters. One source e-mailed to give me some examples of this pattern: "In Feb 2003, Judy was in Salahuddin covering the Iraqi opposition conclave. Iraqi National Congress spokesperson Zaab Sethna told a reporter who was also there that Judy was staying with Chalabi's group in Salahuddin (the rest of the reporters had to stay 30 minutes away in crappy hotels in Irbil), and that the I.N.C. had provided her with a car and a translator (Did the New York Times reimburse them?). The I.N.C. offered another reporter the same, but he turned it down. Judy had just arrived in a bus convoy from Turkey, big footing C.J. Chivers, who was also there covering the story for the Times. While everyone else on the buses had to scramble for accommodations, she was staying in a luxurious villa loaned to the I.N.C. by the Kurdish Democratic Party...
"Two years earlier, she was on assignment in Paris for the Times and conducted her reporting out of the ambassador's personal residence, where she was staying. Felix Rohatyn, the ambassador at the time, was out of town, but it would be interesting to know whether the Times reimbursed U.S. taxpayers for the use of the embassy while she was there on assignment. What is certain is that the Paris bureau was buzzing about this at the time, as getting too close to sources or accepting hospitality -- accommodations, meals -- is a violation of the Times's ethical standards. The feeling was that somehow Judy was able to do whatever she wanted.
"For those interested in visiting Judy at the Alexandria Detention Center, one source emailed that Miller's visiting hours "are fully booked until September 15."
Another I ran into told me that the Committee to Protect Journalists is very divided over Miller: "There are those of us who feel that this is not a good case for us to be identified with. There are too many unknowns and too much that's murky here." The AP reported on Friday that a delegation of the Committee to Protect Journalists (clearly not including those who do not believe that protecting Judy Miller is what they should be doing) visited her last week. During her meeting with the group, which included Tom Brokaw, Miller wore a dark green uniform with "PRISONER" written on the back. According to the CPJ reps who visited her, Miller told them that while she is allowed to read and write in jail, she's been permitted to go outside only two times in the three weeks she's been locked up. I can't figure this one out. Are prison authorities worried she might get in trouble in the yard? Convince her fellow inmates that Iraq did indeed have (as she wrote in Sept 2002) "12,500 gallons of anthrax, 2,500 gallons of gas gangrene, 1,250 gallons of aflotoxin and 2,000 gallons of botulism throughout the country"?
Besides being able to read and write, she's also able to make long-distance phone calls (collect, I assume). According to a source, she used one of her allowed calls to phone her publisher pal Mort Zuckerman to complain about a Lloyd Grove column that ran in Zuckerman's New York Daily News, in which Grove reported, correctly, that while Miller is in jail her husband, "famed editor Jason Epstein," is cruising around the Mediterranean aboard the Silver Shadow cruise liner. The Grove column included a delicious riff from Chris Buckley. Miller, apparently, was not amused. Grove's piece also featured a priceless quote from Miller's attorney Bob Bennett who, when asked about Epstein's travels, replied, "We all serve our time in our own way."
Speaking of Bennett, we had a brief but memorable e-exchange with him on Friday, when the HuffPost contacted him to ask about a tip I'd gotten that Miller was in the process of negotiating a book deal about her Plamegate/prison experiences. When asked to confirm the story, Bennett e-mailed back a lawyerly: "Where did you get this info?" Was he expecting me to give him the name, address, and blood type of my source? We replied that I had heard it through "publishing sources" -- to which he emailed back: "No Comment". Thanks, Bob. Should we take "No Comment" to mean "yes" -- since if you'd meant "no" you surely would have said so? Unsolicited advice to Alice Mayhew, Judy Miller's legendary editor at Simon and Schuster (if she's the one negotiating with Bennett): Hold your horses or, if you can't, keep the advance very low. A reporter going to jail to protect her own ass and not a source smells like remainder to me. But what worries my Times sources the most is that it smells like the straw that could break the Gray Lady's back. A lot hinges on how much of what Judy knows, Bill Keller and Arthur Sulzberger also know. Keller has been very cagey on the subject. When asked by George Stephanopoulos on Nightline if he knew who Miller's source was, he refused to say yes or no.
And no fewer than four sources have either e-mailed, called, or, in one case, run up to me on the street to tell me that what I termed Miller's "especially close relationship" with Chief Warrant Officer Richard Gonzales, the leader of the WMD-hunting unit Miller was embedded with during the war, might have been, well, very close indeed. According to one insider, Miller had emailed a picture of Gonzales to a colleague at the Times with the message "Lucky Lady".
So thanks to all those who contributed to the Judy File... which is open and ready for more. Keep 'em coming...
Posted at 02:40 PM
Comments:
Arianna,
RE: Judy File
On a talk radio program the other night, the author of Bush's Brain, replied to a query about Judy Miller, the 1st amendment, yadayada, this way, 'I can't believe anyone considers her a journalist, she's been a STENOGRAPHER for the BUSH ADMINISTRATION for years!'
Posted by: Kevin at July 31, 2005 05:08 PM
What about Dr. Kelly's email to Miller, describing the "dark actors" out to get him just before he died? This connection should be looked into.
Posted by: OXM at July 31, 2005 05:15 PM
July 19, 2005
FYI, here is what I and others closely following the inside story think has happened: Rove and Libby, at least, learned of the Plame ID from the official, highly classified, State Dept. memo on Wilson/Plame which Powell had on Air Force One on July 7, 2003, the day after Wilson's inflammatory Op-Ed appeared in the NYT, July 6. (It is impossible to imagine that they neither saw nor heard about it.) Rove then maliciously leaked the info to NYT reporter Judith Miller, notoriously sympathetic to the White House rationales for the war, knowing she would spread it. (She has long taken widespread and embarrassing condemnation for her gullibility in eagerly reporting on the bogus evidence -- such as she got from impostor Ahmed Chalabi -- for the WMD/ Al Qaeda connection). Miller, not wanting to publish it herself, tells all to fellow journalist and political bedfellow Bob Novak, who promptly calls Rove on July 8 to confirm it. Rove does so, saying he, too, had "heard about it", as does someone else, probably Scooter Libby. Three days later, on July 11, Time's Matthew Cooper calls Rove about the Wilson piece and Rove discloses Plame's ID, claiming he heard it somewhere, from a reporter or someone else (Rove apparently told the GJ he learned it from Novak). But Novak got it from Judy Miller, who got it from Rove, creating a dizzying circle of leaks difficult to trace.
Judy Miller holds the key to the riddle and Fitzgerald knows it, which is why he has pressed her so hard for testimony, even to the extreme of sending her to jail for contempt. How does he know? Because, in order to save his own ass from Miller's fate, Bob Novak rolled over and spilled the beans on Miller, which is why Miller is in jail and Novak is scot free.
And another riddle: Why is Miller so steadfast in her refusal to testify, perfectly willing to go to prison to avoid it? She says it is her journalistic duty to refuse to identify her "SOURCE". (Normally, I am extremely sympathetic to such a reporter's contention.) But wait, what "source"? Source for what? She never said nor wrote a single word about the issue. She told no story. So how can she claim journalistic privilege for a story she never wrote? (For example, if she knew who committed a murder, could she claim immunity from testifying based on her employment as a journalist? I don't think so.) Further, the Prosecutor has not asked her for her "source." Rather, she was subpoenaed to testify to the GJ as a "witness" to a possible crime of which the Prosecutor knows or suspects she has direct evidence. (And, BTW, the reporters' tradition of protecting their sources was intended to help reveal and correct injustices not to cover them up.) All of the several courts, including an appeal to the Supreme Court, have ruled that she has a legal duty to testify. But she refused. WHY, really and truly?
Because she is protecting Karl Rove, and the Prosecutor, who knows it, is now said to be considering busting her for Criminal Contempt, beyond the Civil Contempt for which she is now in jail, which could send her up to the Big House for years. She may be inclined to reconsider her options at that point. Fitzgerald is young, 44, ambitious, politically impartial (though they say he is a fair minded Republican) and he is said to be on a mission, determined to kick some ass and undoubtedly make a name for himself in the bargain. He could become the next Archibald Cox, hero of Watergate, if he pulls this off. And he would not be considering such Draconian measures if he were not certain that something dead serious has happened.
But, like Watergate, the wheels are coming off of this cover-up, there is blood in the water and the press and public smells it. Republicans and Democrats together are rightly pissed about leaking the identity of a CIA agent, as we all should be, regardless of whether a crime has been committed. (A CBS poll today reveals that only 25% of the public believes the White House is "fully cooperating" in the investigation. And 75% believe the leaker should be fired, regardless of the law. T-R-O-U-B-L-E.) So, I suspect Rove is a short timer. Still, an immediate Supreme Court nomination could wipe the Rove story off of the front page and just might save him. Look for that event this week. Stay tuned, fun seekers. It is going to be a very bumpy ride.
Posted by: John Smith at July 31, 2005 05:16 PM
has anyone done a FOIA to see if she was on the WH payola train too, ala Armstrong Williams et al?
Posted by: preznit giv me turkee at July 31, 2005 06:00 PM
John Smith, excellent comment containing some good information. One question... I must be missing something. How can the Supreme Court nomination furor "save" Rove? I don't think it will deter Mr. Fitzgerald one bit. If Rove is indicted, he will have to resign, don't you think?
Posted by: Ralph at July 31, 2005 06:15 PM
Judith Miller is a Shakespearian Tragedy. But who is she and how did she get as far as she's gotten? I mean family history, childhood, educational background with a word or two from some of her professors, job history, including a history of her political connections, marital status/history, children, brothers, sisters. I mean who is this person?
Posted by: Joe Merz at July 31, 2005 06:18 PM
Miller's "not for the better" impact on the MET Alpha unit in Iraq, despite unit Chief Warrant Officer Richard Gonzales' commendation or her "contributions"
:http://gnn.tv/articles/184/Fatal_Error_The_Lies_of_Our_Times
Later, she played a starring role in a ceremony in which MET Alpha’s leader was promoted. Other officers were surprised to watch as Miller pinned a new rank on the uniform of Chief Warrant Officer Richard Gonzales. He thanked her for her “contributions” to the unit. In April 2003, MET Alpha traveled to the compound of Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi “at Judy’s direction,” where they interrogated and took custody of an Iraqi man who was on the Pentagon’s wanted list-despite the fact that MET Alpha’s only role was to search for WMDs. As one officer told the Post, “It’s impossible to exaggerate the impact she had on the mission of this unit, and not for the better.”
Posted by: voxpopgirl at July 31, 2005 06:46 PM
One need not shed a tear for Judith F. Miller. As a company woman who is no doubt on the payrolls of the GOP, the CIA, the NSC and the White House, she has played stenographer and propagandist for bushCo and beyond for decades. She's learned from the best. Why not have an "insider" at the Grey Lady if only to accomplish two missions with one sortee...
First, discredit the "liberal" bastion of "news" and at the same time, disseminate your GOP propaganda with which to launch a war.
bushco has destroyed any semblance of a "free" press since it now obviously has a price. Pay it and they are yours.
But we already knew that about that dang 'libRul media'
Mishun Akompleshd.
Posted by: jack at July 31, 2005 06:47 PM
if youve heard judy miller's voice, you know all about her: an adult woman who speaks in shirley temple-cutsey-pootsey li'l girl voice to get her way with men in power. only some men in power are smart enough to use her & let her think she's getting her way, while she's actually doing their dirty work for them. she really plays up that role of "intrepid girl reporter", even though she's much too post-menopausal to get away with the ingenue bit.
Posted by: n69n at July 31, 2005 07:24 PM
Yes, who is Judith Miller...do you think we could convince Edward Klein to do a biography?
"The Truth about Judith - What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Protect the President"
Posted by: Lance at July 31, 2005 07:25 PM
Is Bob Bennett Bill Bennett's brother? (Yes... --DN)
Posted by: Steve J. at July 31, 2005 07:41 PM
for Joe Merz and others wanting background material on Judy Miller -- check out this June 2004 NY Metro story, "The Source of the Trouble":
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/features/9226/ Posted by: jennifer poole at July 31, 2005 08:02 PM
Of course she's covering her ass... and monkeyboy's ass, cheeney's ass.
She's obviously on the payroll, along with all the bin ladens etc.....
If you crack her, monkeyboy falls too!
I personally feel that impeachment is way TOO GOOD FOR TREASON!
Posted by: KJ Lovell at July 31, 2005 08:11 PM
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The Judy File
Ever since I started blogging about Judy Miller's role in Plamegate (and in the selling of the war in Iraq), I've been showered with tips and tidbits about the jailed reporter, whom one e-mailer from Sag Harbor ("her summer hometown") archly referred to as "the amazing Ms. Miller, intrepid girl reporter."
And since I spent the weekend in the vicinity of her summer hometown, some of what I heard was delivered by people who know her well. Together all these pieces of information now comprise my newly labeled -- and ever-expanding -- Judy File.
A recurring theme in many of the conversations and e-mails is how Judy, to the dismay of many of her colleagues, never played by the same rules and standards as other reporters. One source e-mailed to give me some examples of this pattern: "In Feb 2003, Judy was in Salahuddin covering the Iraqi opposition conclave. Iraqi National Congress spokesperson Zaab Sethna told a reporter who was also there that Judy was staying with Chalabi's group in Salahuddin (the rest of the reporters had to stay 30 minutes away in crappy hotels in Irbil), and that the I.N.C. had provided her with a car and a translator (Did the New York Times reimburse them?). The I.N.C. offered another reporter the same, but he turned it down. Judy had just arrived in a bus convoy from Turkey, big footing C.J. Chivers, who was also there covering the story for the Times. While everyone else on the buses had to scramble for accommodations, she was staying in a luxurious villa loaned to the I.N.C. by the Kurdish Democratic Party...
"Two years earlier, she was on assignment in Paris for the Times and conducted her reporting out of the ambassador's personal residence, where she was staying. Felix Rohatyn, the ambassador at the time, was out of town, but it would be interesting to know whether the Times reimbursed U.S. taxpayers for the use of the embassy while she was there on assignment. What is certain is that the Paris bureau was buzzing about this at the time, as getting too close to sources or accepting hospitality -- accommodations, meals -- is a violation of the Times's ethical standards. The feeling was that somehow Judy was able to do whatever she wanted.
"For those interested in visiting Judy at the Alexandria Detention Center, one source emailed that Miller's visiting hours "are fully booked until September 15."
Another I ran into told me that the Committee to Protect Journalists is very divided over Miller: "There are those of us who feel that this is not a good case for us to be identified with. There are too many unknowns and too much that's murky here." The AP reported on Friday that a delegation of the Committee to Protect Journalists (clearly not including those who do not believe that protecting Judy Miller is what they should be doing) visited her last week. During her meeting with the group, which included Tom Brokaw, Miller wore a dark green uniform with "PRISONER" written on the back. According to the CPJ reps who visited her, Miller told them that while she is allowed to read and write in jail, she's been permitted to go outside only two times in the three weeks she's been locked up. I can't figure this one out. Are prison authorities worried she might get in trouble in the yard? Convince her fellow inmates that Iraq did indeed have (as she wrote in Sept 2002) "12,500 gallons of anthrax, 2,500 gallons of gas gangrene, 1,250 gallons of aflotoxin and 2,000 gallons of botulism throughout the country"?
Besides being able to read and write, she's also able to make long-distance phone calls (collect, I assume). According to a source, she used one of her allowed calls to phone her publisher pal Mort Zuckerman to complain about a Lloyd Grove column that ran in Zuckerman's New York Daily News, in which Grove reported, correctly, that while Miller is in jail her husband, "famed editor Jason Epstein," is cruising around the Mediterranean aboard the Silver Shadow cruise liner. The Grove column included a delicious riff from Chris Buckley. Miller, apparently, was not amused. Grove's piece also featured a priceless quote from Miller's attorney Bob Bennett who, when asked about Epstein's travels, replied, "We all serve our time in our own way."
Speaking of Bennett, we had a brief but memorable e-exchange with him on Friday, when the HuffPost contacted him to ask about a tip I'd gotten that Miller was in the process of negotiating a book deal about her Plamegate/prison experiences. When asked to confirm the story, Bennett e-mailed back a lawyerly: "Where did you get this info?" Was he expecting me to give him the name, address, and blood type of my source? We replied that I had heard it through "publishing sources" -- to which he emailed back: "No Comment". Thanks, Bob. Should we take "No Comment" to mean "yes" -- since if you'd meant "no" you surely would have said so? Unsolicited advice to Alice Mayhew, Judy Miller's legendary editor at Simon and Schuster (if she's the one negotiating with Bennett): Hold your horses or, if you can't, keep the advance very low. A reporter going to jail to protect her own ass and not a source smells like remainder to me. But what worries my Times sources the most is that it smells like the straw that could break the Gray Lady's back. A lot hinges on how much of what Judy knows, Bill Keller and Arthur Sulzberger also know. Keller has been very cagey on the subject. When asked by George Stephanopoulos on Nightline if he knew who Miller's source was, he refused to say yes or no.
And no fewer than four sources have either e-mailed, called, or, in one case, run up to me on the street to tell me that what I termed Miller's "especially close relationship" with Chief Warrant Officer Richard Gonzales, the leader of the WMD-hunting unit Miller was embedded with during the war, might have been, well, very close indeed. According to one insider, Miller had emailed a picture of Gonzales to a colleague at the Times with the message "Lucky Lady".
So thanks to all those who contributed to the Judy File... which is open and ready for more. Keep 'em coming...
Posted at 02:40 PM
Comments:
Arianna,
RE: Judy File
On a talk radio program the other night, the author of Bush's Brain, replied to a query about Judy Miller, the 1st amendment, yadayada, this way, 'I can't believe anyone considers her a journalist, she's been a STENOGRAPHER for the BUSH ADMINISTRATION for years!'
Posted by: Kevin at July 31, 2005 05:08 PM
What about Dr. Kelly's email to Miller, describing the "dark actors" out to get him just before he died? This connection should be looked into.
Posted by: OXM at July 31, 2005 05:15 PM
July 19, 2005
FYI, here is what I and others closely following the inside story think has happened: Rove and Libby, at least, learned of the Plame ID from the official, highly classified, State Dept. memo on Wilson/Plame which Powell had on Air Force One on July 7, 2003, the day after Wilson's inflammatory Op-Ed appeared in the NYT, July 6. (It is impossible to imagine that they neither saw nor heard about it.) Rove then maliciously leaked the info to NYT reporter Judith Miller, notoriously sympathetic to the White House rationales for the war, knowing she would spread it. (She has long taken widespread and embarrassing condemnation for her gullibility in eagerly reporting on the bogus evidence -- such as she got from impostor Ahmed Chalabi -- for the WMD/ Al Qaeda connection). Miller, not wanting to publish it herself, tells all to fellow journalist and political bedfellow Bob Novak, who promptly calls Rove on July 8 to confirm it. Rove does so, saying he, too, had "heard about it", as does someone else, probably Scooter Libby. Three days later, on July 11, Time's Matthew Cooper calls Rove about the Wilson piece and Rove discloses Plame's ID, claiming he heard it somewhere, from a reporter or someone else (Rove apparently told the GJ he learned it from Novak). But Novak got it from Judy Miller, who got it from Rove, creating a dizzying circle of leaks difficult to trace.
Judy Miller holds the key to the riddle and Fitzgerald knows it, which is why he has pressed her so hard for testimony, even to the extreme of sending her to jail for contempt. How does he know? Because, in order to save his own ass from Miller's fate, Bob Novak rolled over and spilled the beans on Miller, which is why Miller is in jail and Novak is scot free.
And another riddle: Why is Miller so steadfast in her refusal to testify, perfectly willing to go to prison to avoid it? She says it is her journalistic duty to refuse to identify her "SOURCE". (Normally, I am extremely sympathetic to such a reporter's contention.) But wait, what "source"? Source for what? She never said nor wrote a single word about the issue. She told no story. So how can she claim journalistic privilege for a story she never wrote? (For example, if she knew who committed a murder, could she claim immunity from testifying based on her employment as a journalist? I don't think so.) Further, the Prosecutor has not asked her for her "source." Rather, she was subpoenaed to testify to the GJ as a "witness" to a possible crime of which the Prosecutor knows or suspects she has direct evidence. (And, BTW, the reporters' tradition of protecting their sources was intended to help reveal and correct injustices not to cover them up.) All of the several courts, including an appeal to the Supreme Court, have ruled that she has a legal duty to testify. But she refused. WHY, really and truly?
Because she is protecting Karl Rove, and the Prosecutor, who knows it, is now said to be considering busting her for Criminal Contempt, beyond the Civil Contempt for which she is now in jail, which could send her up to the Big House for years. She may be inclined to reconsider her options at that point. Fitzgerald is young, 44, ambitious, politically impartial (though they say he is a fair minded Republican) and he is said to be on a mission, determined to kick some ass and undoubtedly make a name for himself in the bargain. He could become the next Archibald Cox, hero of Watergate, if he pulls this off. And he would not be considering such Draconian measures if he were not certain that something dead serious has happened.
But, like Watergate, the wheels are coming off of this cover-up, there is blood in the water and the press and public smells it. Republicans and Democrats together are rightly pissed about leaking the identity of a CIA agent, as we all should be, regardless of whether a crime has been committed. (A CBS poll today reveals that only 25% of the public believes the White House is "fully cooperating" in the investigation. And 75% believe the leaker should be fired, regardless of the law. T-R-O-U-B-L-E.) So, I suspect Rove is a short timer. Still, an immediate Supreme Court nomination could wipe the Rove story off of the front page and just might save him. Look for that event this week. Stay tuned, fun seekers. It is going to be a very bumpy ride.
Posted by: John Smith at July 31, 2005 05:16 PM
has anyone done a FOIA to see if she was on the WH payola train too, ala Armstrong Williams et al?
Posted by: preznit giv me turkee at July 31, 2005 06:00 PM
John Smith, excellent comment containing some good information. One question... I must be missing something. How can the Supreme Court nomination furor "save" Rove? I don't think it will deter Mr. Fitzgerald one bit. If Rove is indicted, he will have to resign, don't you think?
Posted by: Ralph at July 31, 2005 06:15 PM
Judith Miller is a Shakespearian Tragedy. But who is she and how did she get as far as she's gotten? I mean family history, childhood, educational background with a word or two from some of her professors, job history, including a history of her political connections, marital status/history, children, brothers, sisters. I mean who is this person?
Posted by: Joe Merz at July 31, 2005 06:18 PM
Miller's "not for the better" impact on the MET Alpha unit in Iraq, despite unit Chief Warrant Officer Richard Gonzales' commendation or her "contributions"
:http://gnn.tv/articles/184/Fatal_Error_The_Lies_of_Our_Times
Later, she played a starring role in a ceremony in which MET Alpha’s leader was promoted. Other officers were surprised to watch as Miller pinned a new rank on the uniform of Chief Warrant Officer Richard Gonzales. He thanked her for her “contributions” to the unit. In April 2003, MET Alpha traveled to the compound of Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi “at Judy’s direction,” where they interrogated and took custody of an Iraqi man who was on the Pentagon’s wanted list-despite the fact that MET Alpha’s only role was to search for WMDs. As one officer told the Post, “It’s impossible to exaggerate the impact she had on the mission of this unit, and not for the better.”
Posted by: voxpopgirl at July 31, 2005 06:46 PM
One need not shed a tear for Judith F. Miller. As a company woman who is no doubt on the payrolls of the GOP, the CIA, the NSC and the White House, she has played stenographer and propagandist for bushCo and beyond for decades. She's learned from the best. Why not have an "insider" at the Grey Lady if only to accomplish two missions with one sortee...
First, discredit the "liberal" bastion of "news" and at the same time, disseminate your GOP propaganda with which to launch a war.
bushco has destroyed any semblance of a "free" press since it now obviously has a price. Pay it and they are yours.
But we already knew that about that dang 'libRul media'
Mishun Akompleshd.
Posted by: jack at July 31, 2005 06:47 PM
if youve heard judy miller's voice, you know all about her: an adult woman who speaks in shirley temple-cutsey-pootsey li'l girl voice to get her way with men in power. only some men in power are smart enough to use her & let her think she's getting her way, while she's actually doing their dirty work for them. she really plays up that role of "intrepid girl reporter", even though she's much too post-menopausal to get away with the ingenue bit.
Posted by: n69n at July 31, 2005 07:24 PM
Yes, who is Judith Miller...do you think we could convince Edward Klein to do a biography?
"The Truth about Judith - What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Protect the President"
Posted by: Lance at July 31, 2005 07:25 PM
Is Bob Bennett Bill Bennett's brother? (Yes... --DN)
Posted by: Steve J. at July 31, 2005 07:41 PM
for Joe Merz and others wanting background material on Judy Miller -- check out this June 2004 NY Metro story, "The Source of the Trouble":
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/features/9226/ Posted by: jennifer poole at July 31, 2005 08:02 PM
Of course she's covering her ass... and monkeyboy's ass, cheeney's ass.
She's obviously on the payroll, along with all the bin ladens etc.....
If you crack her, monkeyboy falls too!
I personally feel that impeachment is way TOO GOOD FOR TREASON!
Posted by: KJ Lovell at July 31, 2005 08:11 PM
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