So how hard of a bargain did Judy Miller drive?

The liberal blogosphere probably should not get too excited about Judith Miller agreeing to testify before the Valerie Plame grand jury, Editor and Publisher reports.

One lawyer involved in the case told the Washington Post today that Miller’s attorneys reached an agreement with Fitzgerald that may confine prosecutors’ questions to her chats with Libby. Under one scenario, Miller won the right to not implicate others she may have talked to about Plame.

It's even possible that it was Fitzgerald who ultimately “cracked,” eager to produce indictments but with the grand jury session wrapping up without Miller's key testimony on Libby. Or, on the contrary, Miller might have finally blinked, fearing that the prosecutor would extend the life of the grand jury, leaving her behind bars for many more months.

Given that E&P’s intro story said her testimony would be “extremely limited,” I’d say that Fitzgerald did at least a partial blink. At the same time, I don’t think Miller went blinkless.

Has DeLay’s indictment maybe made her think the sands might be shifting, even though that’s a state-level case? Or, have the twin hurricanes shoved her far enough below the fold that she actually did begin to despair?