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What do you suppose are the odds that Ms. Miller, the New York Times reporter incarcerated since early July for refusing to testify in the investigation of the infamous CIA agent outing, would with one phone call be sprung this week of weeks?
It may be just a coincidence that this phone call, apparently merely reaffirming a Scooter Libby permission/release granted a year ago, is happening now. As one who has been closely tracking Plamegate for over a year though, I would have to recuse myself as mightily conflicted on that question.
It is verrry interesssting that this jailbreak has occurred in such close conjunction to what seem to be some troubling legal difficulties for folks like DeLay, Frist, Abramoff, Safavian, etc., etc. I'm having to fight a serious earworm to the tune of "small world." And I know I am not the first to ponder how many degrees of Abramoff would be needed to ankle-link much of the inner circle here. Hopefully the succeeding months will be as entertaining and morale-boosting as this premier week. It would be terrific to have the surprise hit of the season be on the theme of corruption-busting!
NY Times reporter Judith Miller released from jail
WASHINGTON - Judith Miller, The New York Times reporter jailed since July 6 for refusing to identify a source, was released this afternoon following a telephone conversation with the alleged source - the vice president's chief of staff.
She is expected to testify before a grand jury in Washington, a source said, possibly as early as Friday.
Miller, whose incarceration sparked a national debate about the First Amendment and unnamed sources, spoke from jail two weeks ago with Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, according to Libby's lawyer, Joseph Tate.
During that conversation, Libby reaffirmed that he had released Miller from a promise of confidentiality more than a year ago, Tate said. Miller had been concerned that a Libby's blanket waiver releasing any journalist might have been coerced.
"She wanted to hear it directly from Mr. Libby," Tate said. "And he assured her that it was voluntary."
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It may be just a coincidence that this phone call, apparently merely reaffirming a Scooter Libby permission/release granted a year ago, is happening now. As one who has been closely tracking Plamegate for over a year though, I would have to recuse myself as mightily conflicted on that question.
It is verrry interesssting that this jailbreak has occurred in such close conjunction to what seem to be some troubling legal difficulties for folks like DeLay, Frist, Abramoff, Safavian, etc., etc. I'm having to fight a serious earworm to the tune of "small world." And I know I am not the first to ponder how many degrees of Abramoff would be needed to ankle-link much of the inner circle here. Hopefully the succeeding months will be as entertaining and morale-boosting as this premier week. It would be terrific to have the surprise hit of the season be on the theme of corruption-busting!
NY Times reporter Judith Miller released from jail
WASHINGTON - Judith Miller, The New York Times reporter jailed since July 6 for refusing to identify a source, was released this afternoon following a telephone conversation with the alleged source - the vice president's chief of staff.
She is expected to testify before a grand jury in Washington, a source said, possibly as early as Friday.
Miller, whose incarceration sparked a national debate about the First Amendment and unnamed sources, spoke from jail two weeks ago with Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, according to Libby's lawyer, Joseph Tate.
During that conversation, Libby reaffirmed that he had released Miller from a promise of confidentiality more than a year ago, Tate said. Miller had been concerned that a Libby's blanket waiver releasing any journalist might have been coerced.
"She wanted to hear it directly from Mr. Libby," Tate said. "And he assured her that it was voluntary."
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