October 22, 2005

Woman of Mass Destruction - New York Times

Wow!! I am no fan of Dowd, but in this piece she rakes her colleague, Judy Miller and the Times management, over the coals for their ineptness, potential deceit and lack of clarity.

Get this:

"Judy refused to answer a lot of questions put to her by Times reporters, or show the notes that she shared with the grand jury. I admire Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Bill Keller for aggressively backing reporters in the cross hairs of a prosecutor. But before turning Judy's case into a First Amendment battle, they should have nailed her to a chair and extracted the entire story of her escapade.

Judy told The Times that she plans to write a book and intends to return to the newsroom, hoping to cover "the same thing I've always covered - threats to our country." If that were to happen, the institution most in danger would be the newspaper in your hamds."em>


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