Thursday, October 13, 2005

judy miller in manhattan

* here billmon on the debacle that is the iraqi 'constitution' (link)

* nyt: "Ms. Miller's meeting with the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, focused on notes that she found in the Times newsroom in Manhattan after her appearance before the grand jury on Sept. 30. She took the notes during a conversation on June 23, 2003, with I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff." (link)
that means that the 'notebook' found in DC referring to her june meeting is actually a different set of notes. david johnston loves dropping little hints in his articles :-)

* "In another development, four senior House Democrats wrote to Mr. Fitzgerald in a letter dated Oct. 12, urging him to issue a final report to Congress when he concludes his inquiry. Such a report, they said, should address "all indictments, convictions and any decisions not to prosecute."...
A report, the letter said, would assure the public that "the investigation of this serious matter has been undertaken with utmost diligence and has been free of partisan, political influence."" (link)

* "According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.... For the first time in the poll, Bush’s approval rating has sunk below 40 percent, while the percentage believing the country is heading in the right direction has dipped below 30 percent. In addition, a sizable plurality prefers a Democratic-controlled Congress, and just 29 percent think Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is qualified to serve on the nation’s highest court." (link)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"A report, the letter said, would assure the public that 'the investigation of this serious matter has been undertaken with utmost diligence and has been free of partisan, political influence.'"

That is, until we exert some partisan, political influence on it. Lying bastards.