You mean, Rove or someone in the White House didn't do it?
jeez... imagine that.
NYT won't apologize to the POTUS I bet.
The only "serious issue" that was raised that they are disappointed that Libby wasn't fingered in the article.
Miller's article is not "devastating". It only appears that way to those in the media who want to bring down the Bush administration.
As usual, the media finds the truth to be devastating.
"Among other things, the article discloses that in the same notebook that Miller belatedly turned over to the federal prosecutor last month, chronicling her July 8, 2003, interview with I. Lewis Libby, she wrote the name "Valerie Flame." She surely meant Valerie Plame, but when she testified for a second time in the case this week, she could not recall who mentioned that name to her, the Times said. She said she "didn't think" she heard it from Libby, a longtime friend and source."
Being a long time source for the NY Times is not something I expected to hear about Scooter Libby.
Do you sense my contempt of Congress and politicians?
Oh no! Another week of Chris Matthews frothing at the mouth. He'll be asking who ate the strawberries before Friday.
This story is so confusing it makes my head spin. I also think it's much ado about nothing.
This whole "scandal" was jinned up by the DNC from the start. Ooops! They forgot Ames is at Club Fed for outing the -itch to start with.
NYT=irrelevant.
Can someone clear it up for me?
The journalists DNC Party hacks in the New York Times newsroom are pissed at Miller. Her involvement - and by extention The Times involvement - in this whole ordeal prevented them from assigning 3/4 of the news staff (including writers from the Sports and Fashion pages, no doubt) to the story.
All those doctrinaire ultra-leftists were itching to be the next Woodward/Bernstein and bring down a Republican Administration they can't even pretend to hide their contempt for.
Mr. Fitzgerald asked about a notation I made on the first page of my notes about this July 8 meeting, "Former Hill staffer." My recollection, I told him, was that Mr. Libby wanted to modify our prior understanding that I would attribute information from him to a "senior administration official." When the subject turned to Mr. Wilson, Mr. Libby requested that he be identified only as a "former Hill staffer." I agreed to the new ground rules because I knew that Mr. Libby had once worked on Capitol Hill. Did Mr. Libby explain this request? Mr. Fitzgerald asked. No, I don't recall, I replied. But I said I assumed Mr. Libby did not want the White House to be seen as attacking Mr. Wilson.
[It reveals many devastating new details...]
Hardly "devastating". Who wrote this article, a High School Freshman?
[...when she {Miller} testified for a second time in the case this week, she could not recall who mentioned that name to her...Miller claims that she simply "could not recall" where the "Valerie Flame" notation came from, "when I wrote it or why the name was misspelled."
Ah, another case of "Washheimer's Disease" -- quite common among Washington DC Leftists and corrupt politicians.
[She said she "didn't think" she heard it from Libby, a longtime friend and source.
This is distressing. Hopefully, Libby has been reassigned to removing pigeon droppings from DC monuments for the rest of his tenure.
[But her notes..."leave open the possibility" that Libby told her that former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife worked at the CIA...]
The usual wishful thinking from the ignorant and childish Leftist OM.
[The article concludes with this frank and brutal assessment: "The Times...limited its own ability to cover aspects of one of the biggest scandals of the day.
One of the biggest scandals of the day? Please add the term "delusional to my previous comment.
[Even as the paper asked for the publics support, it was unable to answer its questions.]
The MSM siren song: "Please, please help us defeat the evil Conservatives. We can't do it alone. Especially when the facts fail to support our position.
[Thus, the article appears to be less than the "full accounting" with full Miller cooperation that the editors promised.]
Translation: "Since we created this horrible mess in our rabid attempt to discredit Bush prior to the 2004 election, and since he was elected anyway, we're going to cover our asses and ignore this story now, and we really wish it would all just go away."
[Just as surprising, the article reveals that Keller and the Times' publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, did not review her notes.]
Obligatory non-denial denial / CYA memo as regards NYSlimes' editors and publishers (especially old Pinchy -- he has lots of loaves to pinch in the future).
[The article says that Miller is taking some time off but "hopes to return to the newsroom,"...]
Translation: "Miller is taking time off to be with her family -- this before she is about to have a lot more time off to be with her family."
[Meanwhile, newsroom leaders expressed frustration about the Times' coverage (or lack of) during the entire ordeal.]
Coverage? There was coverage?
[Saturday's story says that Miller was a "divisive figure" in the newsroom and a "few colleagues refused to work with her." Doug Frantz, former chief investigations editor at the paper, said that Miller called herself "Miss Run Amok," meaning, she said, "I can do whatever I want."]
The Slimes prepares to throw Miller under the bus. When you become a liability to a Stalinist, better steer clear of Ft. Marcy Park.
[The story also paints a less-than-flattering picture of Keller.] The Slimes prepares to throw Keller under the bus.
[...Libby wanted to modify their prior understanding that she would attribute information from him to an unnamed "senior administration official."
He should now be a "banished and disgraced ex-senior administration official".
BTW, this is a horribly organized and terribly written article. I'm hoping the author isn't more than 21 years of age.
This is big. This will pull the rug out from under those who say Bush lied about WMD.
Everyone was saying Iraq had WMD. The reporters had been saying it for years. And the NYT was one of the biggest sources for the "lie".
Standard media policy. If you don't have a story, make one up.
If you get caught making it up, blame the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy machine.
The only regret the NY Slimes has is that they failed and now someone has to clean up the mess.