[Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, said Ms. Miller had been cautioned by her lawyers not to discuss the substance of her grand jury testimony until Mr. Fitzgerald finished questioning her.] We have launched a vigorous reporting effort that I hope will answer outstanding questions about Judy's part in this drama, ... This development may slow things down a little, but we owe our readers as full a story as we can tell, as soon as we can tell it. |
[Both said they viewed the case as a matter of principle, which made the particulars less important.] I didn't interrogate her about the details of the interview, ... I didn't ask to see her notes. And I really didn't feel the need to do that. |
[Miller was still under a contempt-of-court order and was] not yet clear of legal jeopardy, ... As we've told readers, once her obligations to the grand jury are fulfilled, we intend to write the most thorough story we can of her entanglement with the White House leak investigation. |
[Your curiosity was the characteristic that editors and reporters mentioned more than any other.] I think of The Times reader as curious, as someone who regards life as a continuing education, ... Each reader has a few subjects about which he or she may be passionate, even expert, and a more wide-ranging appetite that can be seduced, surprised, engaged on almost any subject if we present it well. |
Covering this war is a perilous assignment for all journalists, but the gravest risk falls on those whose country is the battleground and whose lives are inextricable from the society. |
displayed fierce determination and personal courage both in pursuit of the news and in resisting assaults on the freedom of news organizations to report. |
For a couple more days she (Miller) remains under a contempt-of-court order, and is not yet clear of legal jeopardy, |
honored and exhilarated by the opportunity to lead the finest assembly of journalists in the world. |
I certainly never meant to mislead Phil, nor did I mislead him, |
I continue to be troubled by that episode. But you are right that Phil himself does not contend that you misled him; and, of course, I was not a participant in the conversation between you and Phil. |
I don't think there's a set formula that applies. I think you have to take it case by case. |
I wish it had been a clear-cut whistle-blower case. I wish it had been a reporter who came with less public baggage, |
I wish it had been a clear-cut whistle-blower case. I wish it had been a reporter who came with less public baggage. |
I wish it had been a clear-cut whistle-blower case. I wish it had been a reporter who came with less public baggage. |
I'm not sure journalists fully appreciate the threat confronting us. The Times in the eavesdropping case, the Post for its CIA prison stories, and everyone else who has tried to look behind the war on terror. |