Rush and Molloy report that New York Times executive editor Bill Keller lied us into war! At least according to the same standard the paper’s editorial board applies to George W. Bush:
Embattled reporter Judy Miller may not have been the only one at The New York Times with a weakness for Bush administration whispers.
Executive Editor Bill Keller has iced out Miller for her “entanglements” with indicted White House leaker Scooter Libby and for championing Bush’s search for the illusory weapons of mass destruction.
But we hear that Keller himself fell prey to the spin of former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. Word is that, well after many laughed off Miller’s WMD tales, Keller had a series of private meetings with Wolfowitz, who assured him that Saddam was hiding something.
“Keller got snowed by Wolfowitz,” says a source. “That’s [Keller] who gave Miller the green light” to keep writing her piece.
This could explain some of Keller’s reticence to throw Miller under the wagon on her WMD reporting. Until, of course, the Times liberal readership came howling for blood.