(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.
(Minor stuff, but I don't want to leave any gaps)
10:06
Sidebar discussion…
Jeffress read a stipulation. WINPAC is a center within CIA. The records of CIA show that Valerie Wilson did not work for nor was she detailed to WINPAC in 2003 or at any other time.
Another sidebar. It's going to be one of those days–sidebar after sidebar punctuated by a few laughs.