Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe

washingtonpost.com ^ | Sep 129 2005 | JOHN SOLOMON

[blogblogginaway]

WASHINGTON -- After nearly three months behind bars, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from a federal prison Thursday after agreeing to testify in the investigation into the disclosure of the identity of a covert CIA officer, two people familiar with the case said.

Miller left the federal detention center in Alexandria, Va., after reaching an agreement with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald. Legal sources said she would appear before a grand jury investigating the case Friday morning. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because of the secrecy of the grand jury proceedings.

The sources said Miller agreed to testify after securing an unconditional release from Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, to testify about any discussions they had involving CIA officer Valerie Plame.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" When I first read it, it appeared there was another source who she does not have to identify by disclosing what she and Liddy talked about. Are you understanding it to read that way also? "

Yes. Which makes no sense.
Why would a prosecutor not want all her relevant info ?
Why let Miller tailor her testimony to fit her agenda and not that of the prosecutor ?

[Enchante]

OK, thanks! It sounds pretty good to me too.... best case will be if Miller's testimony is that SHE told Libby about Plame and if she ALSO reveals who told her, especially if her original source is Joe or Valerie or one of their pals.... that would be too sweet!

I argued on another thread some months ago that (speculation) right after Joe Wilson's op-ed in the NY Times appeared Judy Miller MUST have swung into intense action, interviewing every possible source she could find, because she had 'owned' the Iraq-WMD stories more than just about any other journalist, and it was a tremendous professional embarrassment for her as well as the administration to have Joe Wilson claiming he had refuted the "Niger uranium" claim (he hadn't) nearly a year before it appeared in the SOU address. I still think (speculation) that it is INCONCEIVABLE that Judy Miller did not go right at Joe Wilson in early July 2003, because he was eager to spread his story and she must have been in a frenzy to get on top of the newly emerging claims. I find it hard to imagine that she did not interview Joe Wilson and several other people around him in the days right after his op-ed appeared, so I've long thought that he or one of his associates was the most likely source for Judy Miller telling Libby about Valerie Plame. That's my (speculative) story and I'm sticking to it until something better comes along.

[Republican Wildcat]

Indeed. This is very strange.

[Christopher Lincoln]

Or the Post's "sources" are full of it - which is not out of the ordinary.

[BlessedByLiberty]

Another obvious point is that the money supporting the Congressional Left is available only when they do as they are told. Roberts confirmation today as Chief Justice was a blow and proof that the moonbat left sway is weakening - everyday that passes they are revealed for what they believe.

Their latest stunt Moms Sheehan did not galvanize or captivate the public as they wanted, point of fact, she has hurt their cause far more than conservatives dared hope.

Who else did Miller speak to today?

Time to catch up on the rest of the thread.

[blogblogginaway]

That is the only thing that makes sense. But how does that warrant her being released from jail when the purpose of this investigation is to determine 'who' leaked Plame's name in the first place> If Miller knows the orginal person, regardless of who she herself may have told, why isn't she being compelled to testify to that? What good is it for the GJ to know it was Miller who in actuality told Liddy and not know where Miller got it, other than to clear Liddy as the 'leaker'?

[rvoitier]

Damn, I'm gonna have to change my tagline.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Parley Baer is dead.

[Oystir]

Well, now we apparently know she has a second "release" from Mr. Libby (as if you are in front of a GJ and need a release) and also if I understand from tonight's stories that the prosecuter does not feel her failure to testify qualifies as obstruction of justice. Does this mean she will come out of the GJ tomorrow and pull a Snake Blumenthal and disclose her testimony and/or disclose her source?

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

I think you have developed an excellent theory, and it fits with human nature. And that she is protecting herself as much as anyone else, and we can be sure she is certainly not protecting a republican politician.

[Oystir]

It's not going to be reported and it won't be leaked by Fitzgerald. The Times is going to try to spin everything in their favor, knowing that Fitzgerald won't be able to respond. But the word at the Times was that Miller was going to be indicted on Monday...

I agree with your assesment, Fitzgerald is a solid prosecutor (I don't want to hear agruments from ignorants that he is a dem and then has a politcal agenda either.)

[af_vet_1981]

I suppose Miller will come forth and declare that her source was none other than Tom DeLay.

Perjury Trap

[frankjr]

"other than to clear Liddy as the 'leaker'?"

Well it may clear Rove too if Rove said he heard (or may have heard) it from Libby. Fitzgerald may have determined that the Intelligence Identiites Act was not violated a while ago. All he was left with was obstruction of justice if any of the witnessess lied. If Miller's story syncs up with what Libby has been saying and in turn with what Rove has been saying, that would clear the obstruction charges.

But if she told Libby, it seems strange why she needed a release from him. Unless she was not sure what Libby told Fitzgerald (and didn't want to get a source of hers in trouble if the stories differed).

Who knows?!?!?

[jimbo123]

Bingo. Hearing all the mumbo jumbo spin and disinformation coming out the mouths of the the NY Times editors and lawyers today, it's clear that Fitzgerald is doing his job.

[the_Watchman]

It's not going to be reported and it won't be leaked by Fitzgerald. The Times is going to try to spin everything in their favor, knowing that Fitzgerald won't be able to respond. But the word at the Times was that Miller was going to be indicted on Monday...

Furthermore, the left knows quite well how to work grand jury proceedings. We saw a parade of people attending the Clinton-related grand jury who told the grand jury one thing then met the press on the steps of the courthouse to lie through their teeth.

Miller is quite likely to tell the truth to the grand jury. She may not even be part of the scam! The groundwork has been laid by this anonymous source... Perhaps on a phone call from one of Dan's "unimpeachable" sources in Texas? :)

[kddid]

Worrying about this is nonsense. Isn't it true that Plame did not qualify as a "Super Duper Secret Spy"? Didn't everyone know who she worked for anyway? It seems to me that it's much ado about nothing.

[TeleStraightShooter]

Miller will testify that she told Libby about Plame, but not who told her in the first place.

My money's on V.Plamne being the source.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"She was in jail in Alexandria, Virginia, not DC."

If she was in a jail in DC, she might have cracked a long time ago.

[blogblogginaway]

" Didn't everyone know who she worked for anyway? It seems to me that it's much ado about nothing."

It appears that way but why would Fitzgerald continue the investigation if that were the case? Unless perhaps it was determined everyone 'did' know about Plame, making her 'outing' a moot point but during the course of this investigation someone lied under oath which in itself is a crime.