http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20050909/cm_huffpost/007057Arianna Huffington: The Judy File: Is Miller Getting Ready to Sing?This just in: Judy Miller's principled, absolute stand is crumbling.
Buried in the middle of this afternoon's Reuters story on Miller, her lawyer, Floyd Abrams, offers up a bombshell: Miller is looking for an out.
When asked if talks were under way to secure Miller's testimony and release, Abrams replies: "If there are any discussions, they would be private." This after earlier insisting that Miller remained "resolute" about not revealing her confidential source.
If she is so "resolute" why get all cutesy about it? Why not just say, "No, she's not talking. And that's final"?
Well, according to a source with inside knowledge, it's because there are definitely negotiations under way. "Reuters buried the lede," said my source. "But it's there if you read between the lines... Abrams says that Miller 'made a promise and, unless properly released from her promise by her source, she has no choice but to continue to take the position that she's taking.' He's giving her more outs than an extra-inning baseball game. 'Unless properly released from her promise...' In other words, she's bargaining. All this time she's theoretically been standing on principle, and now she's come down from her principled perch and is bargaining."
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Here's another link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050908/ts_nm/bush_leak_dcI'm surprised this isn't well known, maybe someone should start a thread.