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Maureen Dowd Trashes Judy Miller for Not Nailing Bush
It's getting ugly over at the Old Gray Lady - with Bush-bashing columnist Maureen Dowd sounding as if she wants to scratch out the eyes of reporter-turned-Leakgate cooperating witness Judy Miller. On Saturday Dowd unloaded on her embattled colleague, saying that Miller was "sorely in need of a tight editorial leash" and suggesting that her plans to return to her post after a leave of absence are a "danger" to the Times. The vitriolic rant had observers wondering where all the bad blood came from. Dowd cited an incident where Miller asked her to give up her seat at a national security briefing. "It was such an outrageous move, I could only laugh," huffed the acid-tongued columnist.
Story Continues Below Would a snub like that be enough to spur such a public fit of personal pique? We suspect the real reason that Dowd has turned on Miller - along with much of the rest of the mainstream press - is that Miller's testimony to Leakgate prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald turned out to be a bust. Back when she was believed to be sitting on smoking gun testimony, Miller was hailed by Times insiders as a journalistic Joan of Arc for standing by her principles and going to jail rather than revealing her sources to Fitzgerald. But in last Sunday's paper, Miller revealed that her smoking gun was more like a water pistol, saying she couldn't remember the name of her Leakgate source - but was fairly certain it wasn't Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff. As for Karl Rove, Miller had nothing whatsoever to say about him, leaving her media colleagues wondering - is that all there is? Within 24-hours Miller's former journalistic admirers turned on her with a vengeance. We can't help but suspect that if Miller's testimony had been more damning, she'd still be the toast of the Times newsroom - with Maureen Dowd the first to raise her glass. Editor's note:
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