NYT - 41 Days in Jail and Counting (bring your hip boots)

[Starfury]

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If she is not willing to testify after 41 days, then she is not willing to testify. It's time for the judge and the prosecutor to let Ms. Miller go.

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It is true that some journalists have abused and overused unnamed sources over the years. But in the main, the secret source is not a convenience for the news media or a shortcut for an easy story. He or she is the backbone of a free and independent press. Think about the civil servant who sees a superior lying and breaking the law. Think about the employee who sees a manager whitewashing a report on a hazardous product.

On July 6, as she was standing in a Washington courtroom preparing to go to jail, Ms Miller told the judge, "If journalists cannot be trusted to guarantee confidentiality, then journalists cannot function and there cannot be a free press."

Ms. Miller has spent 41 days trying to preserve that guarantee. That is far too long, for her, for us and especially for a country that prides itself on exporting its belief in a free press to the rest of the world.

Oh, puh-leeze! Which journalist "abused and overused unnamed sources over the years?" :puke: :puke: :puke:

http://nytimes.com/2005/08/15/opinion/15mon2.html

[jsamuel]

1. I think puke is the right thing to say

:puke:

[wli]

2. more like time for formal obstruction of justice charges n/t

[bluestateguy]

3. She can get out any time she wants to

All she has to do is obey the law, show a little respect for our justice system and testify like she has been told to do.

[acmavm]

4. What journalist has abused unnamed sources? Robert Novak for one.

BUT, in no way does this lying hack deserve to be let loose. She needs to obey the laws just like everyone else. Especially since her lies have caused so much damage.

[sam sarrha]

5. this is CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF TREASON, lost CIA assets. ..link>

that compromised the security of the United states and put us at risk of perhaps nuclear attack, or the use of ACTUAL REAL WMD's within the united states. not Faux Republican spun shit.

the people she outed were involved Deep inside the Royal Faud (spl) Crime family the only american agency actually looking for WMD's..


http://s93118771.onlinehome.us/DU/AMERICANJUDAS.pdf

apparently Miller was turned in Novak, he rolled over first thing..
this is a program to protect the most devious administration in the history of this country.. profiteering on the proliferation of nuclear technology to terrorist nations and starting a war for profit based on deliberate lies.

[tsuki]

6. How long did Stewart get for lying to the FBI? Miller lied to the

American public.

I know that's not the point, but if ordinary Americans can be picked up and held without charge or attorney, if your house can be invaded without warrant, then this is no longer the America of my youth. This is the new, improved, Conservative Christian America.

Sorry Judith, you're 40 years too late. Rot.

[kliljedahl]

7. If you hadn't used the word "journalist" in your question

I could have given you several names. Drudge comes to mind first.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[bluedonkey]

8. How long

was Mrs McDougal(sp) in jail for refusing to testify against Bill Clinton?Wasn't it 18 months?
I'm all for protecting journalistic sources,but this is connected to treason and that is where the difference is!She should stew in her own juice for as long as it takes,so we can go on with our lives!}(