New York Times reporter Judith Miller (C) leaves U.S. District Court trailed by her attorney, Bob Bennett (L), following a grand jury appearance October 12, 2005 in Washington, DC.

Judith Miller on Iraq, WMDs, and Going to Jail to Protect a Source

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 24, 2015

The Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Judith Miller discusses her career at The New York Times, including her controversial reporting on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In The Story: A Reporter’s Journey, she writes about the mistakes she and others made on the Iraq war, and describes going to jail to protect her sources in the Scooter Libby investigation of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.

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On an off-Broadway stage, actors bring immigrant stories alive and spark public debate

Immigrants' stories have been unfolding on an off-Broadway stage in an uncommon way. One is of a doctor in her 40s who fled Zimbabwe. Another featured a Colombian woman who regretted leaving her homeland for the United States. A third entered into a marriage of convenience with an American after overstaying her visa, and then suffered a violent assault in the subway.