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To: JDN who wrote (696824)	8/16/2005 12:07:52 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Frank Rich: Someone tell the president the war is over The New York Times MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2005 iht.com

To: JDN who wrote (696824)	8/16/2005 12:10:27 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769667

Here is an interesting comment about the author lol Richard Cohen, pantload 8/2/05 19:48:25 What a heroic defender of the First Amendment is Richard: Before Judith Miller of the New York Times went to jail for not revealing her sources, I offered her my services. I suggested that she tell me her source and then, once she was in jail, I would reveal that I knew, and the special prosecutor would jail me as well -- but not before I told another journalist. After four score and seven of us were in the calaboose, the prosecutor would -- like the British facing the indomitable Gandhi -- collapse before our moral force and leave us to honor our solemn commitments as we have done since time immemorial. I now know my plan would have failed. Apres moi , as the late Louis XV once said, too much of the press would still be writing about how Miller deserves her fate. It is a squalid sight. Hmm, but he never quite managed to organize his colleagues to perform this act of riteous civil disobedience. Oh well. It’s the thought that counts, I guess. But then, just when you’re scratching your head and wondering whether it’s really OUR Richard Cohen offering to hoist himself up on the First Amendment cross, he gets back to normal: The fury at Miller is ugly and does journalism no good. Whatever her politics, whatever her journalistic sins (if any), whatever the whatevers, she is in jail officially for keeping her pledge not to reveal the identity of a confidential source. (If that’s not the case, then we don’t know otherwise.) That pledge is no different than the one Bob Woodward made to Mark (Deep Throat) Felt or, if you will, the one I made to my sources back when I was revealing some unsavory facts about Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Only Agnew’s unexpected, but deeply appreciated, resignation saved me from going to jail. Like Miller, I thought my word was my word. Jail was something a journalist had to endure on occasion. It is, to quote "The Godfather’s" Hyman Roth, "the business we have chosen." Yes Richard, thanks for reminding me. It’s about you. Every story, every issue, every column, is always about you. Dc Media Girl Permalink Comments (2) 64.233.161.104