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On the Media

October 21, 2005

On the Media

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🗓️ 5 May 2011

⏱️ 53 minutes

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From WNYC in New York, this is NPR's On the Media.

0:20.8

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

0:22.0

And I'm Bob Garfield.

0:23.6

The Bush administration is under seed.

0:26.5

What did the president know and when did he know it?

0:29.2

What did he know about it?

0:30.0

A knowledgeable sources say that Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor, does not plan any announcement in the case this week.

0:36.2

Legal analysts believe it means Fitzgerald will likely present his evidence through criminal indictment.

0:41.4

Time magazine reports senior White House advisor Carl Rowe plans to resign or take an unpaid leave

0:47.2

if he's indicted in the CIA leak case.

0:51.2

The conventional wisdom inside the Beltway and beyond is that this week, at least one

0:56.4

and possibly two senior White House officials will be indicted for crimes related to the

1:01.8

Valerie Plame affair.

1:03.6

U.S. News and World Report published rumors that, never mind Carl Rove and I. Lewis Libby,

1:08.8

Vice President Cheney's head might roll.

1:11.5

So, let's talk about Judith Miller.

1:15.3

She is the New York Times reporter who has become the story within the story

1:20.0

about who outed CIA Officer Plame and why.

1:24.0

Two weeks ago, after serving 85 days in jail on contempt charges for refusing to testify before a grand jury, Miller finally relented, whereupon all that had been so murky in the case became murkier still.

1:38.8

The latest chapter actually began last month with a note from Miller's source, Vice Presidential Aid Scooter Libby,

1:45.8

releasing her from her pledge of confidentiality.

1:48.9

This release was materially no different from the one he offered a year ago,

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