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by Judith Miller

US successes in, 25–26

  US withdrawal, xiii, 1–2, 322

  WMD aluminum tubes intelligence, 212–20, 348n18, 349–50n7

  WMD attack concerns, 178–79

  WMD intelligence failures, 217, 230

  WMD mobile biolabs, 187, 209, 346n8

  WMD search, xi–xii, xiii, 1–3, 173–84, 187, 194, 196, 203–4, 210–11, 285, 345–46n10, 345n7, 345n8, 347n14

  ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham), 28, 322, 323

  Islamic Group, 149

  Islamic Jihad, 66–67, 68, 73, 75, 149

  Islamic militancy. See also Al Qaeda; specific acts of terror; specific countries

  Bush war on terror and, 149

  Dar al Islam (Abode of Islam), 71

  funding of, 108–11, 136

  goals of, 77

  God Has Ninety-nine Names (Miller) and, 336n4

  Iran and, 76

  journalist safety and, 73–74

  Miller interviews Massoud and jihadists in 2000, 139–40

  Miller’s first interview with an Islamic militant in 1983, 71

  Miller’s Times front page analysis of, in 1983, 76–77

  oil and, 77

  spread of, 322

  surge in, 1980s, 74

  terrorism against the West, start in Lebanon, 69

  terrorist training by, 140

  US HUMINT lacking on, 78–79

  war against America, 79, 82, 139, 146

  WMD threat from, 132

  Israel

  “agenda for peace” with Jordan, 111

  Egypt and, 67

  Gulf War and, 107

  Hamas and, 107–8

  Kurdistan and, 24

  Lebanon occupation, 67, 69–70, 72–73

  Miller visits in 1972, 45, 335n5

  Oslo Accords, 107, 111–12

  Saddam Hussein and, 3–4

  Shiite animosity toward, 71

  Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), 108

  Ivins, Bruce, 342n4

  Jagger, Mick, 45

  Jeffress, William, 308

  Jehl, Doug, 180, 337n2

  Jemaah Islamiyah, 149

  Jenkins, Brian, 74

  Jennings, Peter, 111

  Jervis, Robert, 218, 346n2, 348n18

  Johnston, David, 152, 207, 234–35, 347n10

  Jordan

  “agenda for peace” with Israel, 111

  Chalabi and, 154

  Iran oil and, 103

  Miller and Epstein visit to Petra in 1990, 103–4

  Miller’s first visit in 1972, 45

  Joseph, Robert, 213, 216, 217–18, 222, 344n5

  Jubeir, Adel al-, 13

  “Judith Miller: Was She Really So Bad?” (Stanage), 317

  Jungk, Robert, 32

  Kaiser, Robert, 222

  Kamel, Hussein, 119–20

  Karkhi, Baha’a al- (Ramadi police chief), 22

  Kay, David, 222, 237, 345n8, 348–49n2

  Kazakhstan, 115

  Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, 126

  smallpox outbreak in, 198

  Stepnogorsk, Russian biological weapons factory, 117, 121–22

  Keane, Jack, 28, 314, 315

  Keller, Bill, xii, 294

  Chalabi and, 232

  David Kelly’s death and, 195–96, 202

  “The I-Can’t-Believe-I’m-a-Hawk Club” op-ed, 209, 346n6

  Miller banned from Iraqi WMD coverage by, 237–38, 239, 247, 249–50, 265

  Miller’s jailing and, 265, 266, 279, 281

  Miller’s mistrust of, 253

  Miller’s return to the Times after jailing and “war on Judy,” 286, 287, 288–89, 290, 293–98

  Miller’s sources and, 235

  Miller’s WMD reporting and, 195–96, 199–200, 205–6, 219–20, 228–29, 355–56n18

  pro-Iraq War editorials, 296

  resignation from the Times, 318

  retraction of statements about Miller, 299–302

  “The Times and Iraq” editor’s note, 225–26, 228, 230, 231, 232, 249, 348–49n2, 350n8

  violation of Miller settlement agreement, 318

  Kelly, David, 119, 120

  as Miller source, 195–99, 202–4

  suicide of, 195, 201

  Kelly, John F., 27

  Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 211

  Kerry, John, 166, 211, 342n6, 343n12

  Kessler, Glenn, 304

  Khalid bin Sultan, Prince of Saudi Arabia, 14

  Khalilzad, Zalmay, 341n1

  Khatami, Mohammad, 124

  Khedery, Ali, 334n24

  Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla, 71, 76

  Kifner, John “Kif,” 85–86

  Kissinger, Henry, 55

  Klein. Ed, 90

  Klinghoffer, Leon, 88

  Knoll, Erwin, 43

  Knott, Stephen F., 343n11

  Koch, Susan, 213

  Kornegay, Mondre, 258

  Korshak, Sidney, 56

  Kovach, Bill, 55, 98

  Kramer, Eddie, 45

  Krock, Arthur, 54

  Kurds/Kurdistan, 8, 19, 22, 24–25

  Chalabi and, 157, 175

  DNO investment in, 333n22

  Erbil, 24, 28, 174–75

  Exxon-Mobil in, 334n24

  Gorran opposition party in, 24–25

  government of, 24

  ISIS threat to, 28

  Miller cover story on, 15–16, 332n16

  no-fly zones and, 16–17, 23–24

  Peshmerga, 23, 28, 156

  problems in, 24–25

  prosperity and, 23–25, 26, 333n22

  as pro-US, 23–24

  Saddam’s Anfal campaign, poison gas, and genocide, 15–16, 90, 156, 222, 332n15, 333–34n22

  Sunni majority in, 24

  trade with Israel, 24

  US support, 28, 333–34n22

  Kurtz, Howard, 188, 286, 345n9

  attack on Miller’s WMD reporting, 188–90, 199–202

  Bragg’s ouster and, 344n3

  Miller’s email used by, 188, 189–90, 200, 201–2

  Rosenthal’s response to, 202

  Kuwait. See also Gulf War

  Camp Doha, 178

  Camp Udairi, 173, 174

  Iraq War and, 169, 173, 174, 178

  Islamic Jihad bombings of US Embassy and other western targets, 75–76

  Miller in liberated Kuwait, 14

  Saddam’s invasion of, 5, 11–12, 101, 102

  Landay, Jonathan, 220

  Landman, Jon, 186

  Las Vegas, Nevada

  atomic testing memorabilia, 36

  Atomic Testing Museum, 35–36, 334n2

  “Miss Atomic Bomb of 1957,” 35

  nuclear testing and, 32–35, 334n9

  Las Vegas Review-Journal, 35

  Laurence, William L., 176

  Lebanon, 336n2

  Beirut bombing of US Embassy, 66–67, 69

  Beirut bombing of US Marine and French army compounds, 66–69, 73, 78, 336n3

  Bekaa Valley, Hezbollah barracks, 78

  civil war in, 69, 70

  Druze in, 86

  Hezbollah and Iran, 149

  Iran’s influence in, 71–72, 336n3

  Israeli occupation of, 67, 69–70, 72–73

  Jibchit, 70–71

  journalist safety and, 74

  kidnappings in, 86

  Long Commission report on Beirut bombings, 78, 146

  Maronite Christians in, 69, 70, 86–87

  Miller’s first visit in 1972, 45

  Miller’s reporting on Beirut bombings, 66–73, 336n2

  Miller’s reporting on evacuation of Christians, Deir el Qamar, 86–87

  PLO in, 69, 72

  Shia in, 70–71, 72, 73

  suicide bombing of Israeli military post, Tyre, 73

  Sunnis in, 70

  Syria and, 69, 78

  Times bureau chief in Beirut, 67

  US removal of troops in 1984, 78

  Lee, Carolyn, 93n

  Leggett, Vanessa, 352n7

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nbsp; Lelyveld, Joe, 11, 98, 101, 108, 111, 135

  as Times executive editor, 102

  Lepyoshkin, Gennady, 126, 128

  Lévy, Bernard-Henri, 261

  Levy, Clifford J., 289

  Levy, Jack S., 343n13

  Lewis, Flora, 42

  Libby, I. Lewis “Scooter,” 342n6

  commuted sentence, 306, 357n5

  criminal trial, 302, 304–6, 307–10, 311–13, 355–56n18, 357n4, 357n7

  Miller and Plame case, 211, 243, 245–46, 263, 264–65, 272, 274–75, 280, 294, 307, 311, 350–51n2, 352n6

  Miller’s testimony before the grand jury, 282–85, 287, 294–95, 353n6

  “the surge” and, 314–15

  Libya, 158, 197

  “Lies and Consequences: Sixteen Words That Changed the World” (Brenner), 356n19

  “Lies Judith Miller Told Us” (Bleifuss), 349n4

  Lippman, Inga, 86–87

  Liptak, Adam, 289

  London School of Economics, 44

  Long, Robert L. J., 78

  Long Commission, 78, 146

  Lord, Shirley, 266

  Los Angeles Times, 231

  MacDougall, Robert, 335n1

  Makiya, Kanan, 7, 8, 15

  Maliki, Nouri al-, 18, 20, 22, 26, 27–28, 322, 334n24

  Mallow, Matt, 271

  Maltseva, Nelja N., 197, 198, 199

  Mangold, Tom, 196

  Man Who Warned America, The (Weiss), 340n5

  Marshall, Josh, 356n21

  Marzook, Mousa Abu, 110

  Massing, Michael, 221–23

  Massoud, Ahmed Shah, 138

  Mattis, James, 19

  Mayfield, Jenny, 311

  Mayhew, Alice, 90, 268, 352n5

  McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 95–97

  McFeely, Drake, 339n1

  McGrory, Mary, 94

  McKiernan, David D., 178

  McLaughlin, John, 218

  McNamara, Robert, 61

  McPhee, Richard R., 174, 176–77, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 190, 191, 200, 201

  media

  Branzburg v. Hayes decision and the right to protect a source, 251–52, 263, 280

  Bush’s West Point address coverage, 170

  controversy over prewar WMD reporting, xiii, xiv, 188–90, 199–202, 205–23, 225–26, 229–31

  decline in quality of information, xiv

  First Amendment issues, 241, 265, 287, 292, 316, 322

  Fitzgerald prosecutions and, 315

  government prosecution of reporters, xiv

  government secrecy and, xiv

  government surveillance technology used to monitor, 321

  international coverage reduced, 319

  jailing of Matt Cooper for protecting a source, 241, 245, 251, 263

  legal battle over protecting Miller’s source and, 240–46, 250–53, 262–65

  Miller’s jail term as longest for protecting a source, 273

  “Miller standard” for confidentiality pledges, 281

  Obama crackdown on “leaks,” 319–20

  Okrent’s column on Times’s flawed journalism, 229–30

  polarization among journalists, 321–22

  protection of sources and, 271–72, 280–81

  Scooter Libby trial and confidentiality, 319

  shield law for, 262, 266, 281, 287–88, 292, 316, 321, 351–52n3

  “The Times and Iraq” editor’s note, critics of, 229

  wartime risks of reporters, 319

  Media Matters for America, 318

  Mercury, Nevada, 36

  Merlin, Lee, 35

  Middle East Watch, 15, 16

  Miller, Bill (father), 30, 33, 220–21

  Miller, James “Jimmy” (half-brother), 31, 44–45

  Miller, John, 137–38

  Miller, Judith

  Americanism of, 29–30

  antiwar activism of, 48–49, 50–51

  background and family, 29–31, 49, 60, 90

  character and personality, 59–60, 66, 82, 86, 109, 113, 141, 286

  childhood in Las Vegas, nuclear testing and, 31–35, 44

  death of father, 220–21

  early politics of, 43–44

  first Iraq visit in 1976, 4

  first Middle East trip in 1972, 45, 70, 335n5

  on humanitarian intervention, 90

  marriage to and relationship with Jason Epstein, xi, 29, 101–2, 103–4, 112–13, 184, 221, 262, 293–94, 336n1

  relationship with Les Aspin, 47, 60–63, 336n1

  smoking habit, 65, 103

  the “story” and, 103, 323

  university studies and areas of interest, 44, 45, 50, 70, 335n5

  JOURNALISM CAREER, 310

  Achille Lauro crisis and, 88

  in Afghanistan with Laili Helms, Taliban interviews, 141–44

  anthrax letter threat and, 148

  awards, xi, 170, 223, 280, 292, 298

  Beirut bombings, reporting on, 66–73, 336n2

  Bin Laden, early coverage of, xi, 135–36, 226

  Bin Laden interview declined, 136–38

  biological weapons investigation, 122–29

  Blix interview, 208

  Chalabi and, 153–55, 156–58, 188–89, 190, 200, 206, 208, 232, 317

  Cheney interview, 163

  Clinton interview, 131–32, 338n1

  defectors as sources, 158–61, 180–84, 207, 230, 235–37, 249

  Dowd’s attack on, 294–95, 300

  fictitious husband invented to cover Middle East, 85, 89

  first interview with an Islamic militant (Lebanon), 71, 336n4

  as freelancer, 43, 46

  friends at the Times, 57–58, 95, 97–98, 99, 172, 194, 229, 231, 265, 303 (see also Safire, Bill)

  gender bias and, 98

  General Petraeus and, 177, 183, 200, 201, 202

  Gulf War and, 11–14, 101–7

  Hamas funding sources investigation, 108–11

  in Iraq in 1985, 6–7, 8–11

  in Iraq in 2003, as embedded reporter, xi, 2–3, 173–84, 187, 188, 190–91, 200–202, 210, 232–33, 343–44n1, 353–54n7

  in Iraq in 2010, 1–2, 17–22

  Iraqi defector al-Haideri and, 154–56, 158–61, 207, 246–50

  Iraqi defector al-Husayni and, 180–84, 235–37, 344n5

  jail time for refusal to name source, Valerie Plame case, in 2005, xiii, 255–62, 265–77, 352n1, 356–57n3

  joint bylines, 164, 180, 188, 208, 209, 210, 239, 342n1

  Jordan’s King Hussein and, 84

  Keller-Abramson story restrictions placed on, 237–38, 239, 247, 249–50

  Kelly as source, 195–99, 202–4

  King Fayd interview, 13, 332n12

  Klaus Barbie trial, Lyon, France, 88–89

  Kurtz media attack on, 188, 189–90, 199–202

  Libby and testimony before the grand jury, 279, 282–85, 286–87, 289–92, 294–95, 353n6

  Libby as confidential source, 211, 243–46, 263, 264–65, 272, 274–75, 280, 294, 307–10, 350–51n2, 352n6

  Libby criminal trial and, 302–6, 307–10, 357n7

  list of story ideas, Iraq War, 194, 227

  Massoud interview, 138–39

  mobile germ lab stories, 209–10

  Moussaoui interview and, 270–71

  Mubarak interview, 13, 332n13

  neocons and, 154

  9/11 terrorist attacks and, 147, 340n4

  objectivity of, 208, 346n4, 346n6

  at the Progressive, 4, 43, 47

  protection of sources, xiii, 111, 199, 234–37, 241, 244

  protection of sources, phone records case, 240, 241, 303–4

  protection of sources, subpoena served, 245, 246

  protection of sources, Valerie Plame leak prosecution, 240–46, 250–53, 262–65, 271–77, 294, 321–22, 351n4, 352n6 (see also Freeman, George; Bennett, Bob)

  Pulitzer, xi, 170–71, 226

  reporting and commentary after Times resignation, 302, 318–19, 322

  reporting f
rom southern Lebanon, 70–73, 336n4

  Rice interview, 149

  Risen’s collaboration with, 164

  risk-taking and dangerous assignments, 6–7, 8–11, 74, 85–87, 115–16, 125, 138–44, 297–98, 319

  SEC and banking beat, Times Washington Bureau, 56, 59, 60, 62

  Senate Judiciary Committee appearance, 292–93

  source, covert agent “Jim Preston,” 233–35

  speech to Society of Professional Journalists in 2005, 292

  status as a woman in the Arab Middle East, 82–85

  at Stepnogorsk, Russian biological weapons factory, 121–22

  supporters of her decision not to reveal a source, 261–62, 265

  terrorism investigation with Jeff Gerth, 135–38

  “The Times and Iraq” editor’s note and, 205, 225–26, 228–29, 230, 231, 232, 249, 253, 347n10, 348–49n2, 349n4, 350n8

  Times Cairo bureau chief, xi, 5, 65–66, 81–87, 337n3

  at Times culture desk, 135

  Times hires, 5, 46–51

  Times New York, deputy editor, Media section, 101

  Times Paris bureau, 81, 87–91

  Times and Keller-Abramson request for a first-person account of testimony report and Times response piece, 288–92, 310–11, 355n17

  Times resignation and legal settlement, xiv, 299–302, 356n2

  Times return after jailing and ensuing “war on Judy,” 285–98, 356n2

  Times “special Gulf correspondent,” 11–14, 102–7

  Times Magazine staff writer, 107

  Times Washington bureau, 53–58, 91–99

  as war correspondent, 85–87

  in Washington, coverage of post-9/11, 148, 164, 229

  WMD aluminum tubes story, 212–20

  WMD reporting, 4, 119, 151, 152, 154–55, 163, 164, 180, 183, 187, 189–90, 194–95, 199, 225–26, 228–29, 232, 267, 290–91, 317, 323, 344n4

  WMD reporting, correcting the record, 205–23, 226–29, 346n4, 346n7

  WMD reporting criticized, xii–xiii, 187–88, 189, 199–200, 205–12, 228, 229, 231, 267–68, 290–91, 316–17, 331n1, 349n4, 349n6, 350n8, 351n4

  NEWS ARTICLES AND BOOKS

  “After the War: Intelligence; National Security Aide Says He’s to Blame for Speech Error,” 355–56n18

  “After the War: Unconventional Arms; A Chronicle of Confusion in the U.S. Hunt for Hussein’s Chemical and Germ Weapons,” 3, 201, 332n1, 345n8

  Atomic Testing Museum article, 35–36

  Bin Laden reported on, with Jeff Gerth in 1996, 135–36, 137

  “Clinton Describes Terrorism Threat for 21st Century,” 131–32, 338n1

  “The Deal on Iraq: Secret Arsenal: The Hunt for the Germs of War—A Special Report; Iraq’s Deadliest Arms: Puzzles Breed Fears,” 120, 338n3

  “Egypt’s President Calls for a Delay in Attacking Iraq,” 13, 332n13

  “Erasing the Past: Europe’s Amnesia About the Holocaust,” 90–91, 337n6

  first Progressive piece, 45

  Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War, xi, 117, 122, 172, 174, 208, 223, 342n1, 342n4, 346n3

 

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