Judith Miller (journalist)

Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator who covered Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion, which was later discovered to have been based on inaccurate information from the intelligence community. Miller was involved in the Plame Affair, where Valerie Plame was outed as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy by Richard Armitage after Plame’s husband published a New York Times op-ed casting doubts on claims that Saddam Hussein sought to purchase uranium from Africa. Miller spent 85 days in jail for refusing to reveal that her source in the Plame Affair was Scooter Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. Later, she contributed to the conservative Fox News Channel and Newsmax, and was a fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute. Quotes Mr. Hussein's dogged insistence on pursuing his nuclear ambitions, along with what defectors described in interviews as Iraq's push to improve and expand Baghdad's chemical and biological arsenals, have brought Iraq and the United States to the brink of war. "U.S. Says Hussein Intensifies Quest for A-Bomb Parts, New York Times, September 8, 2002 External links Category:Journalists from New York City Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:Princeton University alumni Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Political commentators from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Pulitzer Prize winners