Have to give a shout out tonight to a courageous woman, a brilliant and hard-working journalist, and a true fighter for freedom whom I respect greatly: Judith Miller of The New York Times.
Because of her refusal to abide by a court order forcing her to reveal a confidential source (for a story she never even wrote), Judy is in jail tonight and will be until October, unless she changes her mind about revealing the source's name. She knew that refusing to testify in front of the grand jury might result in prison, and she was willing to accept that pusnihment.
Judy is taking a bullet for the cause of press freedom, and she's to be commendend for that.
UPDATE, July 7, 10am: Great editorial on this situation in today's New York Sun. They say it so well.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 10:14 PM
