The Story (58 page)

Stepnogorsk, Russian biological weapons factory,
117
,
121
–22

Keane, Jack,
28
,
314
,
315

Keller, Bill,
xii
,
294

Chalabi and,
232

David Kelly's death and,
195
–96,
202

“The I-Can't-Believe-I'm-a-Hawk Club” op-ed,
209
,
346
n6

Miller banned from Iraqi WMD coverage by,
237
–38,
239
,
247
,
249
–50,
265

Miller's jailing and,
265
,
266
,
279
,
281

Miller's mistrust of,
253

Miller's return to the
Times
after jailing and “war on Judy,”
286
,
287
,
288
–89,
290
,
293
–98

Miller's sources and,
235

Miller's WMD reporting and,
195
–96,
199
–200,
205
–6,
219
–20,
228
–29,
355
–56n18

pro-Iraq War editorials,
296

resignation from the
Times,
318

retraction of statements about Miller,
299
–302

“The
Times
and Iraq” editor's note,
225
–26,
228
,
230
,
231
,
232
,
249
,
348
–49n2,
350
n8

violation of Miller settlement agreement,
318

Kelly, David,
119
,
120

as Miller source,
195
–99,
202
–4

suicide of,
195
,
201

Kelly, John F.,
27

Kennedy, Edward “Ted,”
211

Kerry, John,
166
,
211
,
342
n6,
343
n12

Kessler, Glenn,
304

Khalid bin Sultan, Prince of Saudi Arabia,
14

Khalilzad, Zalmay,
341
n1

Khatami, Mohammad,
124

Khedery, Ali,
334
n24

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla,
71
,
76

Kifner, John “Kif,”
85
–86

Kissinger, Henry,
55

Klein. Ed,
90

Klinghoffer, Leon,
88

Knoll, Erwin,
43

Knott, Stephen F.,
343
n11

Koch, Susan,
213

Kornegay, Mondre,
258

Korshak, Sidney,
56

Kovach, Bill,
55
,
98

Kramer, Eddie,
45

Krock, Arthur,
54

Kurds/Kurdistan,
8
,
19
,
22
,
24
–25

Chalabi and,
157
,
175

DNO investment in,
333
n22

Erbil,
24
,
28
,
174
–75

Exxon-Mobil in,
334
n24

Gorran opposition party in,
24
–25

government of,
24

ISIS threat to,
28

Miller cover story on,
15
–16,
332
n16

no-fly zones and,
16
–17,
23
–24

Peshmerga,
23
,
28
,
156

problems in,
24
–25

prosperity and,
23
–25,
26
,
333
n22

as pro-US,
23
–24

Saddam's Anfal campaign, poison gas, and genocide,
15
–16,
90
,
156
,
222
,
332
n15,
333
–34n22

Sunni majority in,
24

trade with Israel,
24

US support,
28
,
333
–34n22

Kurtz, Howard,
188
,
286
,
345
n9

attack on Miller's WMD reporting,
188
–90,
199
–202

Bragg's ouster and,
344
n3

Miller's email used by,
188
,
189
–90,
200
,
201
–2

Rosenthal's response to,
202

Kuwait.
See also
Gulf War

Camp Doha,
178

Camp Udairi,
173
,
174

Iraq War and,
169
,
173
,
174
,
178

Islamic Jihad bombings of US Embassy and other western targets,
75
–76

Miller in liberated Kuwait,
14

Saddam's invasion of,
5
,
11
–12,
101
,
102

Landay, Jonathan,
220

Landman, Jon,
186

Las Vegas, Nevada

atomic testing memorabilia,
36

Atomic Testing Museum,
35
–36,
334
n2

“Miss Atomic Bomb of 1957,”
35

nuclear testing and,
32
–35,
334
n9

Las Vegas Review-Journal,
35

Laurence, William L.,
176

Lebanon,
336
n2

Beirut bombing of US Embassy,
66
–67,
69

Beirut bombing of US Marine and French army compounds,
66
–69,
73
,
78
,
336
n3

Bekaa Valley, Hezbollah barracks,
78

civil war in,
69
,
70

Druze in,
86

Hezbollah and Iran,
149

Iran's influence in,
71
–72,
336
n3

Israeli occupation of,
67
,
69
–70,
72
–73

Jibchit,
70
–71

journalist safety and,
74

kidnappings in,
86

Long Commission report on Beirut bombings,
78
,
146

Maronite Christians in,
69
,
70
,
86
–87

Miller's first visit in 1972,
45

Miller's reporting on Beirut bombings,
66
–73,
336
n2

Miller's reporting on evacuation of Christians, Deir el Qamar,
86
–87

PLO in,
69
,
72

Shia in,
70
–71,
72
,
73

suicide bombing of Israeli military post, Tyre,
73

Sunnis in,
70

Syria and,
69
,
78

Times
bureau chief in Beirut,
67

US removal of troops in 1984,
78

Lee, Carolyn,
93
n

Leggett, Vanessa,
352
n7

Lelyveld, Joe,
11
,
98
,
101
,
108
,
111
,
135

as
Times
executive editor,
102

Lepyoshkin, Gennady,
126
,
128

Lévy, Bernard-Henri,
261

Levy, Clifford J.,
289

Levy, Jack S.,
343
n13

Lewis, Flora,
42

Libby, I. Lewis “Scooter,”
342
n6

commuted sentence,
306
,
357
n5

criminal trial,
302
,
304
–6,
307
–10,
311
–13,
355
–56n18,
357
n4,
357
n7

Miller and Plame case,
211
,
243
,
245
–46,
263
,
264
–65,
272
,
274
–75,
280
,
294
,
307
,
311
,
350
–51n2,
352
n6

Miller's testimony before the grand jury,
282
–85,
287
,
294
–95,
353
n6

“the surge” and,
314
–15

Libya,
158
,
197

“Lies and Consequences: Sixteen Words That Changed the World” (Brenner),
356
n19

“Lies Judith Miller Told Us” (Bleifuss),
349
n4

Lippman, Inga,
86
–87

Liptak, Adam,
289

London School of Economics,
44

Long, Robert L. J.,
78

Long Commission,
78
,
146

Lord, Shirley,
266

Los Angeles Times,
231

MacDougall, Robert,
335
n1

Makiya, Kanan,
7
,
8
,
15

Maliki, Nouri al-,
18
,
20
,
22
,
26
,
27
–28,
322
,
334
n24

Mallow, Matt,
271

Maltseva, Nelja N.,
197
,
198
,
199

Mangold, Tom,
196

Man Who Warned America, The
(Weiss),
340
n5

Marshall, Josh,
356
n21

Marzook, Mousa Abu,
110

Massing, Michael,
221
–23

Massoud, Ahmed Shah,
138

Mattis, James,
19

Mayfield, Jenny,
311

Mayhew, Alice,
90
,
268
,
352
n5

McFarlane, Robert “Bud,”
95
–97

McFeely, Drake,
339
n1

McGrory, Mary,
94

McKiernan, David D.,
178

McLaughlin, John,
218

McNamara, Robert,
61

McPhee, Richard R.,
174
,
176
–77,
179
,
180
,
181
,
182
,
183
,
190
,
191
,
200
,
201

media

Branzburg v. Hayes
decision and the right to protect a source,
251
–52,
263
,
280

Bush's West Point address coverage,
170

controversy over prewar WMD reporting,
xiii
,
xiv
,
188
–90,
199
–202,
205
–23,
225
–26,
229
–31

decline in quality of information,
xiv

First Amendment issues,
241
,
265
,
287
,
292
,
316
,
322

Fitzgerald prosecutions and,
315

government prosecution of reporters,
xiv

government secrecy and,
xiv

government surveillance technology used to monitor,
321

international coverage reduced,
319

jailing of Matt Cooper for protecting a source,
241
,
245
,
251
,
263

legal battle over protecting Miller's source and,
240
–46,
250
–53,
262
–65

Miller's jail term as longest for protecting a source,
273

“Miller standard” for confidentiality pledges,
281

Obama crackdown on “leaks,”
319
–20

Okrent's column on
Times's
flawed journalism,
229
–30

polarization among journalists,
321
–22

protection of sources and,
271
–72,
280
–81

Scooter Libby trial and confidentiality,
319

shield law for,
262
,
266
,
281
,
287
–88,
292
,
316
,
321
,
351
–52n3

“The
Times
and Iraq” editor's note, critics of,
229

wartime risks of reporters,
319

Media Matters for America,
318

Mercury, Nevada,
36

Merlin, Lee,
35

Middle East Watch,
15
,
16

Miller, Bill (father),
30
,
33
,
220
–21

Miller, James “Jimmy” (half-brother),
31
,
44
–45

Miller, John,
137
–38

Miller, Judith

Americanism of,
29
–30

antiwar activism of,
48
–49,
50
–51

background and family,
29
–31,
49
,
60
,
90

character and personality,
59
–60,
66
,
82
,
86
,
109
,
113
,
141
,
286

childhood in Las Vegas, nuclear testing and,
31
–35,
44

death of father,
220
–21

early politics of,
43
–44

first Iraq visit in 1976,
4

first Middle East trip in 1972,
45
,
70
,
335
n5

on humanitarian intervention,
90

marriage to and relationship with Jason Epstein,
xi
,
29
,
101
–2,
103
–4,
112
–13,
184
,
221
,
262
,
293
–94,
336
n1

relationship with Les Aspin,
47
,
60
–63,
336
n1

smoking habit,
65
,
103

the “story” and,
103
,
323

university studies and areas of interest,
44
,
45
,
50
,
70
,
335
n5