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]

" The real key is the assertion that the Prosecutor assured her of narrow Grand Jury questions, so she would not have to reveal her "other sources". That is the key thing that indicates there are others involved who have not given waivers. "

Good point.
I know it won't surprise you ,but, from the snippets of coverage I have been able to catch so far today- no one else is making this point.
Instead, the liberal media is measuring Libby and Cheney for orange jumpsuits.

[txrangerette]

There's no mess. To say it is, is political in itself. The Media really got to you about Frist, or so it sounds like.

[connectthedots]

In case anyone has a doubt about this little piece of theater. Miller didn't agree to testify to get out of jail or due to a release from Scooter Libby. She did it to make sure she would testify. The Grand Jury expires 10-28-05. She would be out then and the possible criminal contempt charge is pretty unlikely.

It's more likely that she was told she'd be going back to jail once a new grand jury was convened.

[Bigg Red]

Corruption charges v. Louisiana officials

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I think Cboldt has something there in post #151.

frankjr, I pray you are right about the Left being too stupid to get it together, but I fear you are wrong.

[Terabitten]

She cracked. That's it in a nuthshell. She was locked up in a DC jail with the scum of the earth. I'm sure it was incredibly loud 24 hours a day. She's an intelligent woman with nobody to talk to but loud, stupid people all day. She cracked.

Not even close. She was "confined" in the Arlington Detention Center. Allow me to show you some pics from the Alexandria Detention Center website:

Or perhaps this one:

Also from the "prison" website:

The scene resembles a dormitory with a lounge attached. At one end of a large room. a handful of young men are watching television; in another area, a second group watches a different set. Several inmates are playing cards. The area is bright, sunny, and clean. The furniture-sofa and chairs-is comfortable and clean. The carpet on the floor is unstained. No one has scratched his or her initials in the paints or on the wood tables. Windows allow a view of the outside. Despite all the activity, the room is relatively quiet. The television volume is low, and no one is shouting.

She wasn't "locked up in a DC jail with the scum of the earth." She was living better than lots of people I know, and certainly better than our boys overseas.

[Terabitten]

Mr. Libby said that he did not know Mr. Wilson but that he had heard from the C.I.A. that the former ambassador's wife, an agency employee

So Libby says someone at the CIA told him that Wilson's wife was CIA, but he didn't know her name. Hmmm, maybe all this Judith Miller stuff is just smoke and mirrors.

[Terabitten]

"he intended to limit his grand jury interrogation so that it would not implicate other sources of hers."

It could be read either way. Either he can only ask questions about Miller's conversations with Libby, or it was simply intended to limit questioning to the whole Plamegate affair. I'm sure Miller has other stories and other confidential sources on topics ranging far and wide from this one, and she'd like to keep those sources protected.

[NonValueAdded]

MEDIA BIAS ALERT! From an AP article, "Attorney Joseph Tate said he and his client [Libby] had released Miller long ago to testify, and were surprised when Miller's lawyers again asked for a release in the past few weeks."

All of the news agencies, Fox Radio News included, make it sound like Libby issued the release right before Miller went free. While he did issue "A" release, it was simply confirming what was long in the public domain, "the" release. Instead, the reality may be more like Miller screamed "get me outta here" and her lawyers finally got on the ball. You wouldn't know it from listening to today's news, though.

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[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Oh God! Spare us all...now we have to hear another whining beeetch playing , oh so sweet "brutalized" female ready to break into tears at every press conference. And then make a million or more on her book.

Governor Blanko, Ashley Smith, the Runnaway Bride, Celine Dion......where does it end? Someone...Save us!!!!

[Ben Hecks]

How would this leak be "payback" in the first place? What would this accomplish?

That's been my question from the start. If I were looking for a way to get even, it wouldn't be "your grandma wears tennis shoes" - I'm sure there are plenty of things in Wilson's past (two previous marriages) that could be used much more effectively.

[Freee-dame]

Miller got two assurances from Fitzgerald, one that she had Libby's permission (a year ago, but the left will leave that out); the other that the questions would be only about Libby. I think that it is possible that she knows about Valerie Plame from other sources, perhaps Valerie or Joe Wilson himself. This she doesn't want to and will not have to discuss.

[Chieftain]

Hey - tomorrow is your 1 year FReeper anniversary, FReegards!

[dubyawhoiluv]

Fat chrissy was on air stating "you mean Cheney allowed her to sat for over 3 months in jail for nothing", even though the other guest had informed him that Cheney's office had signed a release over a year ago. Now this skant Miller is claiming she was not sure they really meant it, throw her butt back in jail I say.

[Purrcival]

"DeLay's prosecution is political, but I don't think the mess Frist finds himself in could be political."

Maybe, maybe not. But there's celebration in DUmmieland, nonetheless, and they're trying to use Frist's alleged "Martha Stewart Moment" as just another example of the so-called "culture of corruption" in the Republican Party. Even if it wasn't political, they're MAKING it political.

Rush is right -- all of the Democrats fanning out over the airwaves and talking this stuff to death gives it the appearance of being a coordinated attack. If they really want people to believe that there is a purely LEGAL process going on, then they should SHUT UP and let the legal process work! Let the evidence come out, and let the chips fall where they may. Instead, they point to the allegations -- it's the "seriousness of the charge", you know -- and try to imply that if a Republican has been accused, he/she MUST be guilty, before any of the evidence has been heard. That's part of what makes it political.

[dubyawhoiluv]

Fat chrissy was on air stating "you mean Cheney allowed her to sat for over 3 months in jail for nothing", even though the other guest had informed him that Cheney's office had signed a release over a year ago. Now this skant Miller is claiming she was not sure they really meant it, throw her butt back in jail I say.

[SuzyQue]

Did she actually say that Libby was her source? I know the NYT is saying he was, but I don't see where she said that.

[Laverne]

I think Dim Russert is up to his eyeballs in this as well. Its funny to watch the press try to lay blame at the White House and protect their own. Tee hee.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Wow...unbelievable! thanks for the Freegards!!!

I just heard that whiny Beetch Judy Miller again. I can't bear that whiny voice.

[Voteamerica]

Let me put it this way. If Miller (or any non-Government employee) knew of Plames employment through an outside source, it wouldn't be illegal to disclose it. The statute states that there are only limited people that are covered under the law. It is kind of like my profession. I read medical charts everyday, and if I found out you were pregnant because I had read it in your chart, and I told someone else, it would be illegal (HIPAA Laws), but if I saw you in the grocery store, and you told me you were pregnant and told me not to tell anyone, I could tell the whole world without legal repercussions. It would be immoral for me to do so, but not illegal, because I had not gotten the information during my course of employment.

Not quite the same, Rove and maybe Libby had an affirmative duty to deny she was a covert operative, even if the fact had been published. You have no corresponding duty as far as the knowledge you learn from the medical records.

[samadams2000]

Im putting 8 to 1 odds on RUSSERT right now.