Armstrong Williams got paid. What was in it for Judy?

[Vanje]

Armstrong Williams got a check for his services as propagandda mouthpiece for the Bush administration.

What did Judith Miller get?

[YDogg]

1. An opportunity for fame?

Or fortune?

[JAbuchan08]

2. The satisfaction of a job well done.

I believe her family has been closely tied to major players in the conservative movement for quite some time.

[HereSince1628]

3. A rodeo date with Scooter, and their own bucking session

back in the hotel?

[DeepModem Mom]

5. LOL! There are stories...

that Judy has, in her career, become unusually "close" to some newsmakers and sources.

[sam sarrha]

7. maybe even a shameless whore... i have read.

[UTUSN]

4. The Russsshhhhh of Power

Her and her coworkers' NYT articles say she was without supervision, could so as she wanted, was "Miss Run Amok" (her own name for herself).

[flordehinojos]

6. drunk with vicarious power? perhaps.

[Bumblebee]

8. Intimacy with power

[norml]

9. Exclusives before, a book deal after.

The right wing media will put her on the best sellers list, if she writes a book letting them off the hook.

[applegrove]

10. Her career sky-rocketed once neocons began spoon-feeding her.

That is how nefarious types work. They reward mindless patsies with jobs, money, esteem, etc. - while they destroy any "enemies" with lies of the opposite kind... swift boat vets, ruined careers, isolated lives.

[mod mom]

11. Secret clearance while embedded with troops looking for WMD. Too

bad the plantings were spoiled.

[RagingInMiami]

12. Armstrong wasn't the only reporter who got paid

I hope Fitzgerald subpeonas Miller's bank records to determine whether or not she received a lump sum of thousands of dollars that did not come from the NY Times.