CIA leak probe may be nearing end game-lawyers

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By Adam Entous
1 hour, 14 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Times reporter Judith Miller, locked up for refusing to reveal who told her a covert CIA operative's name in a probe that may be nearing a conclusion, works part time at the jail laundry helping clean fellow inmates' green jumpsuits and dirty linens.

Between shifts at the laundry, Miller works at the library on a card catalog of the jail's books, said attorney Floyd Abrams, offering new details about Miller's life behind bars after meeting with her on Wednesday.

Abrams, who represents The New York Times, said Miller was "safe" but that conditions in jail were "grim."

This week Miller marked two months -- 65 days as of Thursday -- at the Alexandria Detention Center just outside Washington for refusing to testify to a grand jury trying to determine who in the Bush administration leaked CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.

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