Judith Miller - Media Commentary

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It has been credibly speculated that Miller was a possible co-conspirator with the Bush Administration in the attempt to discredit former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who openly questioned the intelligence used to justify the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Columnist Margaret Kimberly wrote that Miller "isn't protecting a whistle blower. She is protecting someone who retaliated against a whistle blower". Predicting in an August 8, 2005 interview with radio host Don Imus that other employees of the New York Times would soon be subpoenaed by Fitzgerald, James Carville speculated that it was "going to be very interesting to see whether problem is a first amendment — i.e., "I want to protect a source", or a fifth amendment — "I was out spreading this stuff, too"".

In the days since Miller's release from prison and her waiver from a promise of confidentiality from her source, many have criticized Miller and the New York Times for not publishing her role in the Plame-Wilson leak, not even to explain why the full story cannot now be revealed. The lawyer for Scooter Libby told the media that Miller was advised over a year ago that she could testify about her conversations with Libby.

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