The other day it was Newt Gingrich that surprised me. Today it’s William Safire. In an op-ed piece in today’s NY Times he mounts a very forceful defense of Judith Miller. You may recall that Miller has not been charged with any wrongdoing and, in fact, has written nothing about Valerie Palme. But she learned about the story from a confidential source and the government wants to know who that source is. Although Robert Novak actually wrote a story about Palme using confidential sources, the government has been silent about Mr. Novak.
In at least one way this ‘investigation’ reminds me of the Starr pursuit of Clinton – lots of money, time and talent wasted. Doesn’t the government have more important issues to work on?
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I think that one of the most important issues for this administration is ensuring sufficient scapegoats end up doing jail-time to molify the masses and deflect focus away from their own crimes and irresponsibilities. Nothing much else appears to matter to them.
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