Author: jpol

[From the diaries by susanhu.] Last Saturday, July 16th, two interesting events occurred. First I read on Bradblog that Symantic had, for the past week, been blocking all e-mail that either came from or mentioned in its text...

This diary was just posted at TPM Cafe Josh Marshall intros it and links to it at his primary web site, Talking Point Memo “LARRY JOHNSON IS a retired CIA officer who was a classmate of Valerie Plame’s when both...

In past diaries I have opined that Judith Miller’s refusal to testify before the grand jury investigating the Valerie Plame affair is rooted not in her desire to protect confidential sources, but rather in her belief that...

While the Iraqi insurgency rages on, it appears all is suddenly well in Baghdad.The good news was announced Friday in a video-teleconference interview from Baghdad between Maj. Gen. William Webster, head of the 30,000 U.S. and...

I keep reading about how Judith Miller is upholding some noble journalistic principle by refusing to divulge her sources to the grand jury investigating the Valerie Plame leak. The problem is she has invoked no such privilege.It...