Judith Miller turned military unit into a 'Rogue Operation'

For anyone who missed this the first time around, it's definitely a must read. See how Ms. Run Amok 2005 went crazy in Iraq looking for those non-existent WMD's and endangering the lives of US troops in the process. All for a wild goose chase through the desert.



Embedded Reporter's Role In Army Unit's Actions Questioned by Military

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 25, 2003


New York Times reporter Judith Miller played a highly unusual role in an Army unit assigned to search for dangerous Iraqi weapons, according to U.S. military officials, prompting criticism that the unit was turned into what one official called a "rogue operation."

More than a half-dozen military officers said that Miller acted as a middleman between the Army unit with which she was embedded and Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi, on one occasion accompanying Army officers to Chalabi's headquarters, where they took custody of Saddam Hussein's son-in-law. She also sat in on the initial debriefing of the son-in-law, these sources say.

Since interrogating Iraqis was not the mission of the unit, these officials said, it became a "Judith Miller team," in the words of one officer close to the situation.

In April, Miller wrote a letter objecting to an Army commander's order to withdraw the unit, Mobile Exploitation Team Alpha, from the field. She said this would be a "waste" of time and suggested that she would write about it unfavorably in the Times. After Miller took up the matter with a two-star general, the pullback order was dropped.

Times Assistant Managing Editor Andrew Rosenthal dismissed the notion that she exercised influence over the unit as "an idiotic proposition."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A28385-2003Jun24?language=printer

A little back room torture on the side to take the edge off, perhaps?

an International Tribunal.

It is no longer tin foil to say that the NEOCON/LIKUD/MIDEAST WARHAWKS have plants in every form of media.

big dumb kid on the block to fight the war it always wanted.

One that Rumsfeld has his finger on directly. James Woolsey is on this team as well. I'm speculating about Miller mind you, but I've heard talk that this team exists, consisting of Bush loyalist at the highest levels of the intelligence community.

:P

thanks for posting. Recommended. What a whacko.

determining military positioning or strategy? She deserves more prison time.


"In April, Miller wrote a letter objecting to an Army commander's order to withdraw the unit, Mobile Exploitation Team Alpha, from the field. She said this would be a "waste" of time and suggested that she would write about it unfavorably in the Times. After Miller took up the matter with a two-star general, the pullback order was dropped."

Unbelievable! Just who does she think she is?

Miss Run Amok does indeed deserve more prison time.

story within a story. Why would a 2-star general cave to a civilian reporter? What is Miller's real job? I think her reporter gig is a cover and someone is very actively trying to blow it for her. Is she becoming collateral damage in an internal war in the CIA? Is the CIA trying to expel rogue agents working for Cheney?


Karma bites.

answered.

Typical reporters don't go nosing around in the Military's affairs in a time of war. This is weird. Obviously Miller was a go-between in the highest levels of our government, but why? Who IS Judith Miller? And who was she reporting to?

and this was her reward.

Jeff Gannon doing body cavity searches for Customs?