Judith
Miller is a distinguished journalist, senior writer at The
New York Times and co-author of the best-seller, Germs (Simon
& Schuster, 1996). During her second appearance on FOR THE RECORD,
she discusses the difference between viruses and bacteria, anthrax and
the history of bio-terrorism.
In 1977, Miller joined The New York Times in their Washington Bureau where she covered a variety of issues from banking to nuclear proliferation, with a special emphasis on the Middle East. In 1983, she became the first woman to be named chief of The Times’ Cairo Bureau in Egypt, where she was responsible for covering the Arab world. In 1990, Miller became the paper’s special correspondent to the Persian Gulf during the war. She currently reports on national security issues. Miller is also the author of God Has Ninety-Nine Names, Reporting from a Militant Middle East (Simon & Schuster, 1996).