It's Miller's Time To Fly

Judith Miller, high profile reporter for the New York Times and central figure in the investigation of the Valerie Plame leak and indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby has retired, effective immediately the paper has announced. In a statement, New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said, "We are grateful to Judy for her significant personal sacrifice to defend an important journalistic principle. I respect her decision to retire from The Times and wish her well."

Times Executive Editor Bill Keller added, "In her 28 years at The Times, Judy has participated in some great, prize-winning journalism. She displayed fierce determination and personal courage both in pursuit of the news and in resisting assaults on the freedom of news organizations to report. She carries our best wishes into the next phase of her career."

Are we just self-centered or is it ironic that Miller's retirement comes on the day Mary Mapes kicked off her book tour?