He suspects the judge would not permit it? How wonderfully clueless! Woodward seems to think the judge is locking up Miller just to be mean to journalists, and any other reporter would suit his purposes just as well.The actual reason Miller is behind bars is because she has information the judge has deemed important to a criminal investigation. He is jailing her in an effort to induce her to testify. This probably won't end up working, but jailing a succession of celebrity scribes instead certainly would not.
Meanwhile, the New York Sun reports that President Bush issued a statement yesterday calling for the mad mullahs who run Iran to release dissident journalist Akbar Ganji:
"The President calls on all supporters of human rights and freedom, and the United Nations, to take up Ganji's case and the overall human rights situation in Iran," a statement released by the White House yesterday read. "The President also calls on the Government of Iran to release Mr. Ganji immediately and unconditionally and to allow him access to medical assistance."We'd take Woodward more seriously if he offered to go to jail in Ganji's place.
Maybe someone could forward Taranto's suggestion to Mr. Woodward! ;-)
Thanks for posting those links!