Judith Miller gives the power back to the blogs, opening up the arena for Jack Shafer to come in and spar a few rounds. Of course the resurgence of Millergate stems from that crucial court evidence, this month's Vanity Fair article "Lies and Consequences."

In the article/girl talk, Judy tells her BFF Marie Brenner that "the blogs" are responsible for destroying her relationship with the New York Times.

In Miller's mind, the bloggers not only poisoned her relationship with the Times brass but also with her colleagues, who, she says, "believed what they read on the blogs."

Judy also (according to Shafer) started fabricating comments about how executive editor Bill Keller possesses some East Village palm reader powers of predictability that allows him to "read the blogs."

In August, Bill Keller replaced Raines as executive editor, and according to Miller, he told her, "You are radioactive. … You can see it in the blogs."

Keller denies ever saying this — but remember, this is the guy who envisioned The Atlantic's imaginary masthead.

We've heard a few Times staffers admit to reading this blog. If any of you are working instead of drinking in the streets today, can you please tell Keller's assistant it's time for him and Cindy Adams to set up a lunch date?

Judith Miller's New Excuse [Jack Shafer, Slate]