Heroine no more (Judith Miller)

[flowomo]

from the North Jersey record:

www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0MDUmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY3OTk1NzUmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

"WE'VE been had. Like many editorial pages around the nation, we saluted New York Times reporter Judith Miller and cited her courage for going to jail to protect an anonymous source in the investigation of who leaked the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press.

Ms. Miller became a journalistic Joan of Arc in the eyes of many people in our industry. Yes, we knew she had written highly questionable articles about the supposed existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the invasion.

But we believed in the principle that she was upholding, and we still do: the right of a journalist not to reveal a confidential source, even if it means going to jail.

Now it turns out that the white knight has a big black eye."

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[savemefromdumbya]

1. does the constitiution allow for criminals to be the source?

The press should have freedom in ordinary circumstances but if anyone is under investigation by a prosecutor then they should reveal.

[Village Idiot]

2. Joan of Arc??? Please!!!

She's just another whore.

[katty]

3. judy never looked like a patriot-more a plant