What's at issue here is, I think, the contention that it was "common knowledge" that Ms. Plame was a CIA employee, that she was Joe Wilson's wife, and that she was an "undercover operator."
From what I can glean, Russert, the reporter (can't recall his name) cited for contempt, and now Ms. Miller, are apparently among those for whom it was "common knowledge."
What's at issue now is: who told them this? Where did they hear it?
My guess is that they all heard it from Joe Wilson.
March 6, 2004
excerpt:
Subpoena list
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed White House records on administration contacts with more than two dozen journalists and news media outlets in a special investigation into the improper leak of a covert CIA official's identity to columnist Robert Novak last July. They include:
Robert Novak, "Crossfire," "Capital Gang" and the Chicago Sun-Times
Knut Royce and Timothy M. Phelps, Newsday
Walter Pincus, Richard Leiby, Mike Allen, Dana Priest and Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post
Matthew Cooper (he's the one being held in contempt), John Dickerson, Massimo Calabresi, Michael Duffy and James Carney, Time magazine
Evan Thomas, Newsweek
Andrea Mitchell, "Meet the Press," NBC
Chris Matthews, "Hardball," (LOL!)
MSNBC
Tim Russert (fought it, then testified), Campbell Brown, NBC
Nicholas D. Kristof, David E. Sanger and Judith Miller, The New York Times
Greg Hitt and Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal
John Solomon, The Associated Press
Jeff Gannon, Talon News