Monday, October 03, 2005

Who is Judy Miller Kidding?

Intentionally or not, Judith Miller worked hand in glove helping the White House propaganda machine sell the war in Iraq.

Now that Judy Miller has finished testifying, finished spinning for the cameras on the courthouse steps, finished hugging her dog and finished eating that special meal she wanted her husband to prepare, she needs to do what Time reporter Matt Cooper did and immediately publish a full and truthful account of her involvement in Plamegate.

Because what she - and the New York Times' publisher and editor - have said so far just doesn't add up.

The story being pitched to the public - that Miller was a heroic, principled martyr who sacrificed her freedom in the name of journalistic integrity, then fulfilled her "civic duty" after she "finally received a direct and uncoerced waiver" from her source - is laughable.