Petrelis Files

Was Libby Referencing Aspen, as in Les Aspin, Judy's Ex?

Could it be that Scooter Libby was using code to remind Judy Miller of her past boyfriend, the late Democrat Les Aspin?

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October 1, 2005
The Huffington Post

Here are the money quotes from Libby’s letter urging Miller, among other things, to apply her exemplary reporting skills to Iranian nukes! [...] Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning.

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June 7, 2004
New York magazine

According to some of her critics, they have occasionally been more than friends. In the early eighties, she shared a Georgetown house with her boyfriend, Wisconsin congressman Les Aspin—a rising star in the Democratic Party, who went on to become Bill Clinton’s first secretary of Defense. Aspin, many noted, had appeared a dozen times in Miller’s pieces, offering sage words about national security. Certain catty colleagues liked to read these stories aloud. Each time the phrase “Aspin said” appeared, a reporter would add, “rolling over in bed.”