Tough call

I still don't think Cooper and Miller should be shielding any administration officials who may have used them to slime a political opponent, but it was tough watching Matt Cooper leaving court and Judith Miller going to jail.

Mr. Keller, The Times's executive editor, acknowledged that the case did not involve classic whistle-blowing.

"To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld," he said, referring to the secretary of defense, "you go to court with the case you've got. It would be nice if there was absolute clarity about the nature of this case. On the contrary, there's immense mystery about this case."