Judy Miller may well be much worse for the reputation of the New York Times than Jason Blair ever was. Her false and misleading reporting on WMD's and her presentation of the NeoCom/Chalabi case for war in Iraq with no balance was almost pure propaganda for the Bush administration.
Worse, since she went to jail to conceal her source in the White House it has become clear that her motivations were to protect herself and Libby from legal repercussions rather than any prinicpled stand on Journalistic ethice.
Then there is the fact the NY Times intself has not reported on the entire issue. The WSJ, Washingto Post and LA Times have not been so restrained. The problem here seems to go to the publisher, "Pinch" Sulzberger, who put the entire reputation of the Newspaper behind Miller's stand to protect her source. As a result, the editors are afraid to report anything for fear that it will anger their boss. They are frozen in place, silent.
Jay Rosen writing at the Huffington Post provides more depth.
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