CIA leak probe reporter resigns - BBC NEWS | Americas |

BBC NEWS | Americas | CIA leak probe reporter resigns:

"The New York Times reporter who went to jail for refusing to reveal her sources in a CIA leak inquiry has retired from her job, the newspaper has announced.

Judith Miller, 57, spent 85 days in prison over the summer before agreeing to give evidence to a grand jury.

The Times initially backed her, but colleagues later painted her as a rogue reporter and divisive newsroom figure.
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During her career at the Times, Ms Miller was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for its reporting on global terrorism.

But her reporting on the issue of weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the war in Iraq was later heavily criticised when no such weapons emerged."