tuesday, in the morning…

Posted on Tuesday 13 February 2007

     This is the way the world ends
     This is the way the world ends
     This is the way the world ends
     Not with a bang but a whimper.

               T.S.Eliot, Hollow Men 1925

In the Libby Trial, Jill Abramson, Managing Editor for the New York Times Washington Bureau said:
Jeffress: Did you have "working relationship" with Judith Miller?
Jill Abramson: I did, I was not her main editor, she did not report out of the bureau
Jeffress: In July 2003, were you working with Ms Miller on a story?
Jill Abramson: She was doing companion piece to larger investigative effort by bureau reporters on flaws in pre-war intell, and Judy Miller was working on companion piece on fruitless search in Iraq. I was editing that.
Jeffress: Recall that July 6 NYT carried op-ed by Wilson? Did that article cause something of a stir?
Jill Abramson: It caused a stir, in the ensuing week we had reporters chasing that story.
Jeffress: Did Judith Miller come to you to recommend NYT pursue story?
Jill Abramson: I have no recollection of such a conversation.
… Redirect …
Bonamici: In your dealings with Ms Miller, did you sometimes find your self tuning out of conversations?
Jill Abramson: It’s possible that I occasionally tune her out.
… Witness Dismissed …

Well, there you have it. We then heard [and heard] from John Hannah, Cheney’s National Security Advisor that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was a very, very busy and important man and has a really, really lousy memory.

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