"W.M.D. - I got it totally wrong," - Judith Miller

[DoYouEverWonder]

"The analysts, the experts and the journalists who covered them - we were all wrong. If your sources are wrong, you are wrong. I did the best job that I could."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/national/16leak.html?ei=5094&en=ae9961705f60a5d9&hp=&ex=1129435200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all


Excuse me? What did she say?

"W.M.D. - I got it totally wrong."


Over 100,000 Iraqs have been killed, almost 2000 US troops KIA, 10,000's of people disabled for life, because Sweet Judy Brown Eyes got it wrong. Oops. No big deal. It was all for the cause after all. In the meantime, the NYT's continues to shield this criminal and her cronies. What a mess.

[texpatriot2004]

1. Judy Miller is a liar and a traitor and the NYT is complicit. nm

[BrklynLiberal]

3. You are absolutely right. She knew what she was doing....

She just never thought she would be caught in her lies.

[ClassWarrior]

8. It's looking more and more like she's an administration** operative.

NGU.

[Stephanie]

19. Just a hunch but I think we're going to find she's linked to Cheney

I think she sucked up to power and I think Dick was charmed by her beauty and that's how she got the best scoops. Just guessing, mind you, but mark my words.

[DoYouEverWonder]

25. Gee and I thought Rummie

was her one true love?

[greenman3610]

69. beauty?

she's a pseudo intellectual skank.

[Stephanie]

73. she's a pseudo intellectual skank with good cheekbones.

and she copied her haircut from Anna Wintour. she's very chic.

[FreedomAngel82]

11. So true

That's the only reason why she is issuing this "apology". It's probably forced for her "career".

[pbartch]

12. Just like "The Chimp In Chief" never thought he would be caught in his

Twitching.....blinking, drunken Bush should be impeached for his lies and thrown in prision!

[katinmn]

16. It appears the NYT is blaming it on lack of proper supervision. LOL

"Judy is a very intelligent, very pushy reporter," said Stephen Engelberg, who was Ms. Miller's editor at The Times for six years and is now a managing editor at The Oregonian in Portland. "Like a lot of investigative reporters, Judy benefits from having an editor who's very interested and involved with what she's doing."

In the year after Mr. Engelberg left the paper in 2002, though, Ms. Miller operated with a degree of autonomy rare at The Times.

Douglas Frantz, who succeeded Mr. Engelberg as investigative editor, recalled that Ms. Miller once called herself "Miss Run Amok."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/national/16leak.html?ei=5094&en=ae9961705f60a5d9&hp=&ex=1129435200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all

[pretzel4gore]

35. nytimes is a newspaper, an institution, but the traitors are individuals

goddam freepers pigs gloat about individuality and private initiative but as soon as there's trouble, they hide behind the wall of some innocent institution which has generations of history behind it....the same thing with the crooks at enron etc (though a few have been nailed for going too far)...they claim the rights of individuals while acting as massive organizations, then when trouble, they hide their massive rip offs behind the facade of the corporation.....
shootem all, let lucifer sortem out!
lol
just joking

[texpatriot2004]

39. The NYT Owners are not innocent in this.n.t

[girl gone mad]

67. Correct. NYT had something to gain, too.

Fear sells papers and Judy peddled fear. War sells papers and Judy peddled the lies that led us into war.

I'm sure the NYT was happy to side with the administration. They were eager to do whatever they could to get away from the "liberal media" label. NO doubt there were plenty of fringe benefits for NYT cor.p, too.

[Neil Lisst]

80. well, I'd like to find out what they knew and didn't

It's obvious she was free-lancing. For whatever reason, she had gone over to the pols, had become their agent.

[proud patriot]

2. Sorry Judy I don't believe you

:think: I think you knew that you were spreading
false information on to a trusting American populace.

[blm]

4. She got it right - just as Cheney wanted it - I'm sure she knew that.

It was Chalabi's lips moving but it was still Cheney and Perle who gave him the words.

[Justice Is Comin]

15. Depends

what the meaning of the word is...is :rofl:

[Bluebear]

5. "I got it wrong- AND I PEDDLED IT ANYHOW."

More like it.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. Miller cares about ONE THING: the book deal.

"I did the best job that I could"...

not good enough, and certainly not worth a $1.5 million pay day.

[Arugula Latte]

7. I call Bullshit, Judy.

Millions of us knew these fuckheads were lying through their teeth. Why didn't you, Ms. Paper of Record?

[johnfunk]

45. BUSHIT, Judy Kneepads!

Your journalistic whoring helped kill nearly 2000 Americans. At least nobody got killed when monica Lewinsky gave Bill Clinton a "Judy Job."

[Bonhomme Richard]

9. Well that makes us geniuses. We knew. n/t

[proud patriot]

22. that must be it

I a pre-school teacher , and current homemaker
has such an astounding brain that I knew , when
policy makers and "top reporters" couldn't figure
it out ... :sarcasm:

I'm smart but no genius

4 things helped me in the run up to the Iraq
Invasion

1)the United States Constitution
2)Believing Scott Ritter
3) Believing my own eyes and ears while reading
Will's very little book crammed full of all the
information needed to make an informed decision
in 77 pages "War on Iraq What Team bush doesn't
want you to know" and the PNAC website
4) Refusing to live in fear the most important
factor of all

[ribrepin]

I was on the fence about Iraq until

Cheney got up and told the world about the flowers and sweets the Iraqis would welcome us with. I just knew that wasn't gonna happen.

I stopped believing anything they had to say about the coming war. I didn't need to read a thing. I just knew by Cheney's statement.

[Hissyspit]

No offense to you, ribrepin, but many many many people knew it was

all mostly lies and manipulation, including diplomats, generals, academics, FORMER INSPECTORS, and "common" citizens. Judith Miller didn't interview them. Many of them were attacked as unpatriotic or ignored.

Good for you on your call on Cheney's comment.

[Why Syzygy]

62. Bush the liar

was my first clue.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Naw duh

Over thousands of people's deaths later. And you've gotten caught. Give me a break. Fuck off Miller. Something must be coming for her to do that.

[katinmn]

13. Gilda Radner voice: Never Mind!

You lie, mislead, and contribute to the biggest foreign policy blunder in our nation's history and that's all you have to say?

[RagingInMiami]

14. When Jayson Blair made up stories, he was fired and shunned

And deservingly so.

When Judy Miller got it wrong, she was handed an award by the Society of Professional Journalists. Fuck her.

[goclark]

76. Excellent Point

Judy is a good old girl that is a REAL CROOK.
Jayson Blair was child's play compared to Judy.

[Stephanie]

17. Scott Ritter screaming his head off, the IAEA begging for more time

MILLIONS MARCHING IN THE STREETS ALL AROUND THE WORLD - but NO, the NYT only listened to Miller's quotes from CHALABI and the neo-cons. And now she wants off with a "Oops, my bad!" I hope she goes back to jail.

[malaise]

38. Thank you

That is the key point. A good journalist checks other sources particularly when Ritter and IAED were very vocal on the issue.

[Why Syzygy]

79. and no UN support

the French (el al) say "no", the UN says "no".

Bush and his misappropriated cabal says "yes".

[MellowOne]

18. Isn't she guilty of some sort of war crime?

She sure should be.

[Why Syzygy]

20. The analysts and experts DID NOT GET IT WRONG!

The peace activists DID NOT GET IT WRONG!

Bush and his bought and paid for media GOT IT WRONG!

NO excuses, Judy. You call yourself a reporter?

This is outrageous! WE TOLD YOU SO! WHY WEREN'T YOU LISTENING?

[dkofos]

21. Is whoring for power the same as whoring for money??

A media-whore for sure.

[shenmue]

23. Gee, thanks, lady...

for admitting that only after thousands of people were already dead!

:mad: :nopity: :wow: :spank: :grr: :nuke: :thumbsdown: :banghead:

[KansDem]

24. Rare photo of Judy at work

A whole pile of "wrong," but Judy continues to shovel it...

[JerseygirlCT]

26. I find it hard to believe this was just some kind of honest mistake. nt

[jaxx]

27. All those words and it was nothing but a big article on PYA.

Judy used a get out of jail free card that was stolen from we the people. Where is it that she takes any personal responsibility?

[DoYouEverWonder]

29. Yep, they still don't get it

do they?

[jaxx]

32. Nope. But I hope to hell Fitzgerald got it.

[Hissyspit]

28. She did NOT do the best job she could. Why didn't she TRY to find some

good sources?

Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.

[KayLaw]

30. Traitor?

Or just another sucker?

[DoYouEverWonder]

33. The only thing this women ever sucked

was the finest DC dicks.

Otherwise she's no sucker at all.

[salin]

31. that's a change from "We were proved f*cking right!"

as she angrily charged to an audience member challenging her reporting - long after the invasion and weapons hunt had shown NO WMDs.

[belle]

34. Geez. "Uh, yeah, my bad. Well, mostly their bad. But, sorry, and stuff"

It's like a Monty Python sketch, I swear--there's one where there's a mass murderer whose defense is exactly that, "I'm very, very sorry. I did a very bad thing. Sorry to have wasted everyone's time going over my sordid crimes..." By the end, of course, the jury and judge love him, they give him a suspended sentence, and they sing him out with a rousing chorus of "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow..."

[latebloomer]

63. LOL!!

I think I've seen that one!!

[ignatius 2]

36. Give me a fuckin' break. The UN got it right, Scott Ritter got it right,

the Guardian got it right,France and Germany got it right, many protesters around the world got it right..you miserable sow,money and power were your rewards for being a warmongering whore,,the blood is on your hands and runs red day and night,,may the ghosts of all the dead look back at you when you look into a mirror...

[Kailassa]

37. You want to know what's really frustrating?

Not that there is any need to state it, 'most everyone here knows it already.

The freepers will STILL believe we found WMDs there.
They will simply put their fingers in their ears and "la-la-la-la" their way through this too.

[DoYouEverWonder]

40. OMG: Here's Judy's version (Bring a barf bag)

My Four Hours Testifying in the Federal Grand Jury Room

By JUDITH MILLER
Published: October 16, 2005

In July 2003, Joseph C. Wilson IV, a former ambassador, created a firestorm by publishing an essay in The New York Times that accused the Bush administration of using faulty intelligence to justify the war in Iraq. The administration, he charged, ignored findings of a secret mission he had undertaken for the Central Intelligence Agency - findings, he said, that undermined claims that Iraq was seeking uranium for a nuclear bomb.

It was the first time Mr. Wilson had gone public with his criticisms of the White House. Yet he had already become a focus of significant scrutiny at the highest levels of the Bush administration.

Almost two weeks earlier, in an interview with me on June 23, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, discussed Mr. Wilson's activities and placed blame for intelligence failures on the C.I.A. In later conversations with me, on July 8 and July 12, Mr. Libby, who is Mr. Cheney's top aide, played down the importance of Mr. Wilson's mission and questioned his performance.

My notes indicate that well before Mr. Wilson published his critique, Mr. Libby told me that Mr. Wilson's wife may have worked on unconventional weapons at the C.I.A.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/national/16miller.html?pagewanted=1&adxnnl=0&adxnnlx=1129417232-RVFIKJt/TGG8ZpXr6VvIQA

[Halliburton]

41. i thought she was "fucking right?"

:eyes:

[goodboy]

42. It's too late to save your Bush Lovin' ass now you fuckin' LIAR!

FUCK YOU JUDY!

:nuke:

[MaineDem]

43. Wasn't her source Chalabi?

And we all know how reliable HE is!

[Marr]

44. Double post.

[stepnw1f]

46. Yuh... You Were Wrong!

You mislcalculated and fucked up bigtime! Over 100,000 dead because of you shit for brains fascist bitch!

[DoYouEverWonder]

48. She never even shed a tear

for her 'good' friend David Kelly. What makes you think she would even care about 100,000 Iraqis?

[stepnw1f]

49. What Makes You Think I Care If She Does or Doesn't Care? (nt)

[DoYouEverWonder]

52. I didn't mean to imply that you should

[stepnw1f]

56. I Just Want to See Her Pay for Her Crimes Against Us All

I pissed at these people. Sorry.

[DoYouEverWonder]

57. You and me both

I hope this witch rots in jail for the rest of her miserable life, along with the rest of her traitor pals.

[Marr]

47. They smeared and marginalized everyone who had it right.

'Everyone had it wrong' my ass. I hope that woman spends some serious time in prison.

[LynnTheDem]

50. YOU didn't use EXPERTS, Judy Judy Judy. You used CHALABI

and his nephew, "curveball".

Did ya really think we'd forgotten?

THE EXPERTS were CORRECT; NO WMD.

[Disturbed]

51. Her pixie smile and little girl's voice...

are sickening when I think of the vile, putrid slime behind those fake attributes.

[cry baby]

53. She is a liar and she could have come forward and said that months

ago, even years ago. this is the 1st time she has said she was wrong??? and then blames her sources??? bullshyt!

[William Bloode]

54. She covers one lie with another.

"I did the best i could"

Hell i knew better than her, and i don't have half her education, nor 1/100 of her expierience in invesitgative reporting.

[stevietheman]

55. Well, we'll see what Fitz thinks of her side of the story soon enough. n/t

n/t

[McCamy Taylor]

58. If only she had tried to protect America as hard as Scooter and her

career. That woman is a living testament of what is wrong with Ayn Rand.

[McCamy Taylor]

59. And the NYT sucks, too.

[tabasco]

60. Judy Miller needs to get a job doing something ...

for which she's qualified. Like raking leaves. But I hear she already tried that and got hurt when she fell out of a tree.

[Marr]

66. She ought to be guarding convoys in Iraq.

[abbeyco]

61. Is this her 'Mea Culpa'?

If so, it's not good enough!

She has blood on her hands for her complicity in this, especially for not being forthright and truthful to her readership.

Guess she stands for the mega-plex that is the media these days and I hope it haunts her conscience for the rest of her life.

[Disturbed]

64. "haunts her conscience"

She is like the Silverspoon Sociopath. Neither posses a conscience.

[Justice Is Comin]

65. The ultimate insult

to my limited intelligence is, she said she didn't get the name "'Flame" from Libby. And she can't remember who else she talked to or got the name from.

She really dumm. Must post regularly on the Freeper board. Maybe Fitz can help her out.

[Nikki Stone 1]

68. Judy, you have blood on your hands. An apology can't clean it off.

nt

[depakid]

70. No Judy- the analysts weren't wrong- You were-

Your colleages warned you about it at the time- and you wouldn't listen.

Don't try to blame it on "your sources."

[lovuian]

71. I did the best job that I could." Spreading WMD propoganda!!!

We had a PREEMPTIVE STRIKE because you were WRONG HONEY!!!

[leesa]

72. The analysts and the experts were right. YOU lied.

[progressivebydesign]

74. Well Holey Fuck! WE did a better job than YOU! JUDITH!

I mean.. what is she smoking? The majority of us here on DU did a better job on the whole issue of WMD and we're aren't on the payroll of the NY Times! Now.. tell me why she has a job?

[slaveplanet]

75. Uhm Judy..

where's the rest of your apology?

When have you had any thing right in your bizarro world?


Judy's 3 decades of deceit-
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/7/8/16033/61733

Judy you're DONE
NYT you're DONE

[mmonk]

77. I still want to see the press

listed as co-conspirators in all this. I believe it's the only way to have a free press without the fairness doctrine. Put their butts on the line when issuing propaganda.

[Neil Lisst]

78. That wasn't what Judy Miller got wrong. It was being in bed ...

... with the likes of Scooter Libby.

[FlyByNight]

81. Judy's a liar and a whore

I hope that book deal she signed will help assuage her "guilt". Shameless, soulless robot.

:grr:

[burythehatchet]

82. "I got it totally wrong"

No Judy, we're not buying your crap. You didn't "get it wrong", you intentionally misled. You are a co-conspirator of this illegal war. You should be in jail for the rest of your miserable life.

[Vinca]

83. So . . . Judy . . . you got it wrong. Was that, perhaps, because

you weren't doing your job??? I hope your dreams include dead Iraqi babies and limbless soldiers.

[reprehensor]

84. Judith Miller & Laurie Mylorie, pouring it on thick for years.

They teamed up once prior to the first Gulf War, and wrote 'Saddam Hussein & the Crisis in the Gulf', a classic you can find littering the used paperback sections of 2nd hand bookstores across America.

I put both of these 'ladies' in roughly the same category. Propagandists.

They both know exactly what they are doing; shaping public opinion to support a war that has no reality-based reason to happen.

But it sells papers, sells their crappy books, and makes Carlyle, Halliburton, GE and the other big stakes players in the Complex very happy.

I have zero sympathy for 'Judy'.

[gratuitous]

85. "I did the best job that I could"

The epitaph of a jackass.

So, Ms. Miller, you're saying that you made a boo-boo? And because of your credulous reporting, public opinion coalesced around a disastrous decision that has killed thousands, maimed thousands more, wasted billions of dollars from our Treasury, further destabilized a particularly volatile region of the world, increased the danger of terrorist attacks for people around the globe, and now, two and half years later, you're telling us "oops"?

And all because your "sources" were wrong? Did you talk to Scott Ritter? Mohammed El Baradei (perhaps you remember him, just won the Nobel Prize)? Any of the millions of people marching in the streets the world over? Or were you gulled by someone you never talked to, an unidentified man in a baseball cap a hundred yards away, walking back and forth and pointing at the ground?

You know something, Ms. Miller? Fuck you. That's what. Just . . . fuck you.

[electron_blue]

86. No, she's lying. Anyone spending any significant amt of time

on studying whether WMD's were really there KNEW the truth. She obviously spent a lot of time on the subject.

People often admit failings right before it goes public big time.

I think this is just her attempt at damage control.