Thanks for the ping; I'll check in regularly throughout the day. I'm getting ready to host a big party Saturday and taking breaks between housecleaning :-)
(You are going to give me a guilt complex, Peach)
THE TESTIMONY OF JILL ABRAMSON (Which provides a moment of humor):
9:58
Hey I was right!! It is Jill Abramson (I'll use J and JA)]
JA I work at NYT, I'm managing editor. I worked for many years in Washington, EdInChief of Legal times, almost a decade at WSJ as reporter and editor,
J In addition to being Mg Editor, do you teach journalism
JA Once a week seminar at Yale
J July 2003 were you working at NYT, duties?
JA Washington bureau chief. Supervise bureau of reporters and editors about 50 journalists.
J Did you have "working relationship" with Judith Miller
JA I did, I was not her main editor, she did not report out of the bureau
J In July 2003, were you working with Ms Miller on a story
JA She was doing companion piece to larger investigative effort by bureau reporters on flaws in pre-war intell, and Judy Miller was working on companion piece on fruitless search in Iraq. I was editing that.
J Recall that July 6 NYT carried op-ed by Wilson? Did that article cause something of a stir.
JA It caused a stir, in the ensuing week we had reporters chasing that story.
J Did Judith Miller come to you to recommend NYT pursue story.
JA I have no recollection of such a conversation.
Bonamici In your dealings with Ms Miller, did you sometimes find your self tuning out of conversations.
JA It's possible that I occasionally tune her out.
Witness dismissed.
Laughs all around in the media room.