judging judy

i'm confused. right winger robert novak writes a column in the washington post, in which he blows the cover of CIA agent valerie plame. the information was leaked to him by two high ranking sources in the bush administration, allegedly as payback for plame's husband, joseph wilson, telling the truth about what he found in Niger after the administration had publicly spun it into a lie.

democrats demand an investigation, and the administration assigns a special counsel. judith miller of the new york times and matt cooper of time magazine, who won't reveal their sources for articles written ABOUT the leak and subsequent article by novak, are targeted by said counsel. about to be sentenced to jail, cooper gets permission from his source to come clean, but miller keeps her mouth shut, and is now serving jail time for contempt of court.

so, in order to retaliate against joseph wilson for simply telling the truth, the bush administration leaks the identity of his CIA operative wife to novak of the washington post. (i think we can all agree that the post leans just a tad to the right, no?) the administration then assigns counsel to the investigation of the leak, who focuses on two reporters for outlets that can be a bit more critical of the bush admin than the post. i guess i'm not as confused as i thought. put simply, novak does the dirty work for the bush administration and gets a free pass while miller reports on novaks dirty work, and is now serving jail time. hmm. what makes me think that lil' kim's jail sentence will get more play than judith miller's over the next few days? fucking hell.

"If you're not with us, you're against us."
- G.W. Bush

"fuck you, mr president."
- me

posted by scott 1:53 PM