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You could read the Times' story on Judith Miller, or you could save yourself the time and read our between-the-lines breakdown:

Libby told her about Valerie Plame, though she wrote it as "Valerie Flame" in her notes.

When she realized she'd have to testify or go to jail, she and her lawyers talked to Libby's lawyers, who said he'd give her a waiver of his confidentiality if she agreed to say Libby hadn't told her. She refused.

She went to jail.

Time passed. Jail sucked. She realized that when the grand jury expired the prosecutor would get another one, and she'd have to stay in jail.

Bolton visited her.

Her lawyers and Libby's lawyers traded letters arguing whether Libby had in fact granted a waiver, and whether his lawyers had in fact been suggesting what her testimony should be.

She got a letter from Libby saying that the aspens out west "turn in clusters, because their roots connect them" and that she should "come back to work -- and life."

She suddenly decided Libby had granted her a waiver.

She got to leave jail, and testified that yes, she'd spoken to Libby but--surprise!--he hadn't been the one who told her about Valerie Plame. There was no explanation for how the words "Valerie Flame" got in her notebook, and she said she couldn't recall where she learned them.

Welcome to George Bush's America, where Truth and Freedom ring across the land.

And where 201k has a bridge for sale--in New York.