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N.Y. Times Reporter Released From Jail — New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from jail late yesterday and is scheduled to testify this morning before a federal grand jury investigating whether any government officials illegally leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame to the media …
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Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
Miller Walks: The Plot Thickens — It's time for Judy Miller and Arthur Sulzberger to change their talking points. — The claim that Miller "has finally received a direct and uncoerced waiver" is laughable... and, indeed, has already been laughed at by 1) my increasingly frustrated sources within …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Judy Miller Walks, Will Talk — The NY Times confirms early accounts from Knight Ridder: … OK, Lewis Libby had been everybody's pick for months, so there is no surprise there. But who knew the Times could execute so lovely a pirouette? … Why did it take so long for Ms. Miller to receive this waiver?
Murray Waas / whatever already!:
Miller released from jail; to testify regarding Libby very soon... Fitz to make his decision soon on whether to bring charges — After having spent more than 12 weeks in jail, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was freed today. The news of her release aside, she will soon be debriefed …
John Solomon / Associated Press:
Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe — WASHINGTON - After nearly three months behind bars, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released Thursday after agreeing to testify about the Bush administration's disclosure of a covert CIA officer's identity.
Editor and Publisher:
Statements by Sulzberger, Keller, Miller on Her Release — NEW YORK The New York Times' publisher, editor, and formerly jailed reporter all issued statements Thursday night after her release, with Judith Miller's grand jury testimony now set for Friday, they confirmed separately.
Anonymousliberal / The Anonymous Liberal:The Truth is Finally Revealed in the Leakgate Scandal
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Washington Post:
Decline in Iraqi Troops' Readiness Cited — Generals Tell Lawmakers They Cannot Predict When U.S. Forces Can Withdraw — The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
PROGRESS IN IRAQ....I was channel surfing earlier this evening and caught a few seconds of Carl Levin on the News Hour complaining that there's still only one Iraqi combat battalion capable of fighting on its own. Yeah, that kind of sucks, I thought. — Turns out it's worse than that:
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
DeLay Faces Tough Road Back to Top — Indictment, Ethics Questions, Abramoff Case Are Obstacles — For the first time in more than a decade, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) arrived at work yesterday without a leadership title attached to his name. Sidelined from his post as majority leader …
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Robert Burns / apnews.excite.com:
Army Faces Worst Recruiting Slump in Years — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is closing the books on one of the leanest recruiting years since it became an all-volunteer service three decades ago, missing its enlistment target by the largest margin since 1979 and raising questions about its plans for growth.
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Tony Batt / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Money connected to Reid — Senator arranged for grant now involved in indictment of pastors — WASHINGTON — The money that led to the indictment this week of two Las Vegas pastors and the wife of one of them came from federal grants arranged by Sen. Harry Reid in September 2001, a Reid spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
William Bennett Defends Comment on Abortion and Crime — 'Book of Virtues' Author Says Hypothetical Remark Was Valid — Sept. 29, 2005 — After pondering on his radio program how aborting every black infant in America would affect crime rates, best-selling author and self-styled …
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Brian Faler / Washington Post:Bennett Under Fire for Remark on Crime and Black Abortions
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Some Bloggers Meet the Bosses From Big Media — "What capacity for product development do news organizations show? Zip. How are they on nurturing innovation? Terrible. Is there an entreprenurial spirit in newsrooms? No. Do smart young people ever come in and overturn everything? Never..."
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Christopher Levenick / Weekly Standard:
The Conservative Persuasion — NOW THAT JOHN ROBERTS has been confirmed as chief justice of the Supreme Court, time alone will tell whether President Bush has made good on his promise to appoint judges in the mold of Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia. After all, it is a curious …
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A Chequer-Board of Nights …
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Associated Press:
Gingrich says scandal, Katrina could liberate GOP — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Republicans can turn the indictment of House Speaker Tom DeLay and the criticism over the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina to their advantage.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Pick a Chick — Why we need more women on the Supreme Court. — A few weeks ago I suggested that race and gender should not be the only—or even the primary—filter through which we consider Supreme Court nominees. I rejected the arguments that minority candidates serve as proxies for minority views …
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A President in Need of a Blunt Friend — What George W. Bush needs right now is his own version of Clark Clifford. He needs a friend close enough to tell him that his presidency is failing — and wise enough to describe what Bush must do to salvage it. — Clifford played that truth-telling role …
