Here's an idea for why Judy Miller had to go away — and why she's still away, and why no conclusion can be reached. She hasn't been in Sag Harbor at all, goes the theory — that claim is as invented as her "security clearance." Clearly, as a vigilant, and, apparently, televisually polylingual, reader has discovered, Miller has been off working on an Italian telenovela, Provaci ancora Prof. (In English, that's Prof Still Tries to Us. Or at least so says Babelfish. Of which we're becoming increasingly skeptical.)

There's a whole array of stills at the RAI Uno website, but our favorite is this one:

This image was lost some time after publication, but you can still view it here.


See, that's when Chalabi threatened her at knifepoint. Which suddenly makes everything else make sense.

'Provaci ancora Prof' — Fotogallery [RAI]