Reply #124: Judith Miller is from the dark side.

[H2O Man]

Briefly, her situation has to be viewed in the larger context. Franklin, the neocon caught passing information to the Israeli front has decided not to accept the plea deal being offered by prosecutors. One might suspect that he was pressured by the neocons in the administration to hold out, and slow the process, and to expect a "re-elected" Bush administration to run interference or grant a pardon. We'll get a better idea if he is arrested in the next 10 days.

Judith is an asset. She "works" as a reporter, but is actually an asset for another interest. You can't serve two masters, and I do not think she should be considered a reporter. I will admit that I am not entirely objective about her: I think that she belongs in jail. And I resent her abusing the protections that most of us believe the press needs in order to protect whistle-blowers.