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Judge Orders New York Times Reporter Jailed
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com ^ | 7 6 05 | PETE YOST

Posted on 07/06/2005 2:33:03 PM PDT by freepatriot32

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To: patton
I think Wilson is the source.

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

21 posted on 07/06/2005 2:54:02 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Relocate Guantanamo inmates to Dick "Rhymes with Turban" Durbin's house..)
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To: freepatriot32

And they all wanted to see Karl Rove frog marched in cuffs off to jail.

Who's laughing now at the MSM? LOL!


22 posted on 07/06/2005 2:54:03 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: freepatriot32
I'm confused! Cooper's source says it's OK to give up his or her name, but Miller's source says NO? Are there two different sources or is Miller the source?
23 posted on 07/06/2005 2:56:25 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Kill 'em til they're dead! Then, kill 'em again!)
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To: freepatriot32
'Journalists are not entitled to promise complete confidentiality - no one in America is,'' Fitzgerald wrote.

uh-oh...looks like priests are no longer confessional safe.
24 posted on 07/06/2005 2:56:29 PM PDT by stylin19a (Suicide bomber ??? "I came to the wrong jihad")
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To: thoughtomator
Just a thought.What if some of the media make up facts just to slant a story the way they want it to read Then they would have imaginary sources , now wouldn't they? And how could they reveal that?

Just a theory.....

25 posted on 07/06/2005 2:57:23 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: freepatriot32

How much money is Judith Miller going to make off being jailed. It will make her a high draw on the speaking circuit, a book deal, an a revered status on talk shows for perpetuity. She must be hoping for at least one night in jail. She just got rich.


26 posted on 07/06/2005 2:58:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: freepatriot32
"Cooper added. ''I think this clearly points out the need for some kind of a national shield law. There is no federal shield law and that is why we find ourselves here today.''"

Rubbish. You need to go to jail for aiding and abetting the felon who leaked confidential national security secrets, not be "shielded" from jail because someone pays you to type on a keyboard (i.e. "journalism").

27 posted on 07/06/2005 2:59:01 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack

snif..snif..i'm verklempt.


28 posted on 07/06/2005 2:59:52 PM PDT by samadams2000
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To: freepatriot32
Wilson was sent to Africa by the Bush administration to investigate an intelligence claim that Saddam Hussein may have purchased yellowcake uranium from Niger in the late 1990s for use in nuclear weapons. Wilson said he could not verify the claim and criticized the administration for manipulating the intelligence to "exaggerate the Iraqi threat."

Just a short comment on Wilson: In the annals of bad intelligence jobs investigated by multiple committees and commissions, Wilson's stunt in Niger still stands as the sloppiest example of unprofessional intelligence gathering. It continues to be mindboggling that he was ever accorded a shred of credibility, though it is easy to see how the New York Times was duped by his ineptitude. They wanted to believe.

It is a sorry, but serious case where the liberal media tried to hijack the 2004 election. So what about the public's right to know the full background as to which editors were involved and who the sources were? One thing is certain: We know Miller and Cooper are not risking going to jail to protect Karl Rove and the White House.

29 posted on 07/06/2005 2:59:56 PM PDT by OESY
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To: freepatriot32

Some Pigs are more equal than others!! Quite an Orwellian concept! Jail the sucker!!!!!


30 posted on 07/06/2005 3:00:30 PM PDT by Highest Authority
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To: kingu

Did Judy sign a book deal yet? How about a miniseries? Maybe Molly Grunewald,who is supposed to be married to Cooper,can get her lots of interviews and even a picture with the woman who lost the Olympic games for New York, Hillary Rodham.


31 posted on 07/06/2005 3:05:04 PM PDT by Maumee
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To: Bushbacker1
See Eva's reply in #15 on this thread.

It may be two different sources, for two different offenses. If Miller's in hot water for tipping off terrorists before an FBI raid, I hope she rots.

The BBC is reporting that Cooper received a "dramatic message" which freed him to testify. I guess he had to come up with a dramatic excuse, or risk getting shunned -- for whimping out -- by his liberal colleagues.

32 posted on 07/06/2005 3:09:12 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: samadams2000

oy vey


33 posted on 07/06/2005 3:16:56 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Bushbacker1
I'm confused! Cooper's source says it's OK to give up his or her name, but Miller's source says NO? Are there two different sources or is Miller the source?

Miller's source waived confidentiality, too. We've known that. She claims it could be coerced so says it does not sway her to talk.

It is not clear if it is the same source as Cooper's.

34 posted on 07/06/2005 3:25:38 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: OESY

Thank you for highlighting the part I was going to comment on next.

What disingenuousness for this article to state Wilson was sent "by the Bush administration".

That was the point of Novak's first column---Wilson's wife at the CIA recommended her rabidly anti-Bush husband.

This article's phrasing is designed to imply that Wilson was sent with the blessings of the administration and they then ignored the fine fellow.

Fact: The WH never had a clue about Wilson's sojourn. What he really did over there is suspect, but we do know the scope of his "investigation" into the matter of Iraq and yellowcake was shallow, indeed, and certainly was not extensive enough on which to be basing his accusations.

What a disgraceful article---starting with the blithe description of Plame as "undercover".


35 posted on 07/06/2005 3:35:01 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: Southack

something tells me her family rabbi will be getting his first phone call from her since she was a teen...


36 posted on 07/06/2005 3:39:13 PM PDT by samadams2000
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To: kingu
BUMP

Emphasizing:

I could go for a national shield law; however no reporter shall be permitted to protect someone who is breaking the law. Wanna blow the whistle on a defense contractor? Keep away from the secrets and blather all you want to a reporter. Anyone with security clearance knows how to walk the line on what is public knowledge and what isn't.

And sure, there will still be reporters who will stand up for what they believe in and go to jail. More power to them. Make them pay for the stay as well; typical room on that island is, what, $200 including meals and laundry service?

Bumping again.

37 posted on 07/06/2005 3:41:41 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: thoughtomator
You can say that again.

Remember when liberals came after our political speech rights and the New York Times stood with us against legislation that would restrict our constitutionally protected rights?

Oh, wait, they didn't care...

Well, remember when the liberals came after our private property rights and the New York Times stood with us?

Opps, forgot, they stood with those who would steal our homes and give them to developers.

Well, remember when they stood with us as liberals weaken our constitutional rights to own a gun?

Oh, Jeeze, forgot, they stood with those who would take our rights away.

Wasn't there a time... Nah...

Never mind.

38 posted on 07/06/2005 3:43:21 PM PDT by GOPJ
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To: nickcarraway
She just got rich.

Nah...she's only protecting Rove, so there's no gain to what she's doing.

39 posted on 07/06/2005 3:48:56 PM PDT by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington (Washington State--Land of Court-approved Voting Fraud.)
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To: cyncooper

Exactly! And if this had been any kind of officially sanctioned trip, Joe Wislon, himself, would've been guilty of violating protocol when he decided to write on Op-Ed for the NY Times.

There are so many convoluted lies still being perpetrated by the media WRT this story. Heck, they continue to leave out the fact that Wilson was the one who was wrong...and rediculed for his role in this fraud.


40 posted on 07/06/2005 3:57:34 PM PDT by cwb
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