What now?
Judith on Hardball with a scoop which has failed to make the pages of the NYT - you see, she brings us this news from her vacation spot in Florida, according to Slate's "press box" - Jack ShaferMiller was detailed to the oil-for-food scandal by the Times after its self-examination, but she emerged from the woodshed yesterday (Jan. 30) to appear on Hardball with stunning news that, if true, belongs in the New York Times, not on cable TV as talk show filler.
Citing unnamed "sources," Miller claimed that the Bush administration had recently made "belated and sudden outreaches" to Ahmad Chalabi, "to offer him expressions of cooperation and support." She continued, "And according to one report, he was even offered a chance to be an interior minister in the new government. But I think one effect of this vote is going to be that the Iraqis themselves will decide who will hold."
A transcript follows -