BEIJING, Oct. 12 -- Judith Miller, the reporter for The New York Times who was jailed for 85 days before cooperating with a federal grand jury on a C.I.A. leak case investigation, will testify again on Wednesday, the newspaper said.

New York Times reporter Judith Miller speaks outside the US Federal District Court in Washington D.C. Sept. 30. (Reuters)

    Miller on Tuesday discussed with the prosecutor about a conversation she had in June 2003 with a senior White House official and "is to return to the grand jury Wednesday to supplement her earlier testimony."

    Miller's meeting with the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, focused on notes that she found in the Times newsroom in Manhattan after her appearance before the grand jury on Sept. 30. She took the notes during a conversation on June 23, 2003, with I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff.

    An entry in her notes referred to Joseph C. Wilson IV, the former ambassador who criticized the Bush administration's Iraq policy. Mr. Wilson's critique was based on a trip he had taken to Africa in 2002 to examine whether Iraq had sought nuclear material from Niger.

    Miller's lawyer, Robert S. Bennett, said he would not discuss her meeting with the prosecutor.

    Fitzgerald has been examining whether there was a deliberate effort within the Bush administration to retaliate against  Wilson after his wife, Valerie Wilson, a C.I.A. officer. As a covert employee, Ms. Wilson was protected by a statute that, under certain circumstances, would make it a crime to reveal her identity.

    Several other White House officials have appeared before the grand jury, including Karl Rove, the deputy chief of staff and close adviser to President Bush. Rove has been asked to testify, for the fourth time, on Friday. The grand jury's 18-month term expires Oct. 28. Enditem

    (Agencies)