The strange case of Judith Miller

Judith Miller, New York Times reporter. Today she sits in prison charged with civil contempt of court for refusing to turn over her notes and testify before the grand jury in the Karl Rove - Valerie Plame case. Besides having been a mouthpiece for the Bush administration in propagandizing the invasion of Iraq, she has the following history:

• Was really very angry at Joe Wilson
• Was an embedded reporter with the PentagonÂ’s Mobile Exploitation Team (MET) Alpha -- the unit charged with hunting down SaddamÂ’s WMD. Sec. of Def Donald Rumsfelpersonallyly signed off on heassignmentnt to that team.
• Miller had a ten-year close relationship with Ahmed Chalabi, the CIA asset and NeoCon who provided a great deal of the false Intelligence the Bush administration used to start the war in Iraq.

All of this and more can be found in Arianna Huffington's article. Miller obviously likes to get her way, and does not hesitate to trade on her own apparent celebrity status as a New York Times reporter and to name-drop her famous and high-ranking friends when she demands something.

Think she is standing up for journalistic ethics by going to prison instead of revealing her sources? Or is she protecting herself because of her own culpability in the crime of 'outing' CIA officer Valerie Plame?