September 30, 2005: The Big Yawn

Maybe I'm wrong, but Judith Miller seems to have lost some weight during her twelve week stay in jail. (No doubt the food was wretched.) If so, this is the only good thing to have come out of this tedious contretemps surrounding the "outing" of a CIA semi-operative whose identity was already available in Who's Who. [But nobody reads Who's Who!-ed. You're right about that.]

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Barcepundit's Spanish page posts on the uranium purchase in Congo. (I hope he translates it to his English blog and saves me the work).

But on to more serious matters, Judith Miller seems to have lost some weight during her twelve week stay in jail
Soon at a bookstand near you, The Jailbird Diet

Posted by: Fausta at September 30, 2005 8:11 AM

Maybe she and Martha can get together to compare notes.

Posted by: Lola at September 30, 2005 8:24 AM

NYT's Judy Miller went to prison to protect Bush Administration. Yeah, right.

Posted by: Ed Poinsett at September 30, 2005 8:43 AM

NYT's Judy Miller went to prison to protect Bush Administration. Yeah, right.

Posted by: Ed Poinsett at September 30, 2005 8:43 AM

Lola, and they can drop by John Gotti Jr's to compare jailbird stories.

Ed, you're correct on that.

Posted by: Fausta at September 30, 2005 8:46 AM

Miller probably heard how well the prison food worked for Martha Stewart and figured it was worth a shot. Who knew white bread and baloney was so slimming?

Posted by: Fresh Air at September 30, 2005 8:48 AM

Yes, and she got out in time for Yom Tov!

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at September 30, 2005 8:57 AM

So why did she sit in jail for 85 days?

She claims that she waited in jail for 3 months simply because she wanted to hear from Libby that he didn't mind if she testified? When he had already signed a waiver? And her testimony is that she had no idea who Plame was? If her version of this story is correct she is barely rational at best. Why wouldn't she accept Libby's waiver to give testimony that she had never heard of Plame?

Why is there no curiosity from the press about what's going on here?

Posted by: nittypig at September 30, 2005 9:14 AM

"So why did she sit in jail for 85 days?"

Are you kidding. Do you know how much 85 days at a fat farm costs. Once people figure this out, they will be calling Peter Fitzgerald and refusing to testify, even if they have no idea what or who valerie plame wilson is or was.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at September 30, 2005 10:10 AM

Geez--you guys are BAD! I can honestly confess to not following this whole Plame thing--but with respect to Miller, seems to me she wanted to be a martyr for whatever reason and it stopped being fun as her 15 minutes of fame receded what with Mama Moonbat, hurricanes, supreme court politics and the like. But what do I know.

Posted by: RogerA at September 30, 2005 11:47 AM

RogerA:

By giving up her source she kinda blew her chance for journalistic sainthood. "I gave him up, but not until I spent 85 long days in jail" The whole thing is strange. I am not sure but doesn't the grand jury end on 28th. Why wouldn't she wait the remaining time.There was quite a bit of bashing of Cooper and praising of Miller but in the end they both did the same thing. I just can't wait till this thing is over and Plame can join Schiavo in the what a waste of time club.

Kevin Peters

Posted by: Kevin P at September 30, 2005 1:28 PM

"By giving up her source she kinda blew her chance for journalistic sainthood."

Powerline notes the prosecutor agreed the only source she had to talk about was Libby (http://powerlineblog.com/archives/011835.php). In other words, she had another source, and didn't have to give it up. Who, praytell, might that other source have been?

Posted by: timmah! at September 30, 2005 5:30 PM

Miller's screwed. Huffington knows the real story...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at October 1, 2005 2:28 PM

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