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Nick Schulz / Tech Central Station:
Bill Bennett's Reality-Based Defenders — Former Drug Czar and Secretary of Education Bill Bennett's comments over skin color, crime and abortion have lots of folks howling, from Nancy Pelosi to Howard Dean to the NAACP to Ted Kennedy to the White House (go figure). What prompted this bipartisan outrage?
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Garance Franke-Ruta / TAPPED:
OUTRAGE VERSUS CLEVERNESS. One of the reasons the left has such a difficult time moving public opinion is that, all too often, it reacts with cleverness to situations where outrage would be a more appropriate response. Bill Bennett yesterday offered left bloggers a golden opportunity to make political hay, and what do we have?
CNN:
Bennett under fire for remarks on blacks, crime — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Congressional Democrats blasted former Education Secretary William Bennett on Thursday for saying that aborting "every black baby in this country" would reduce the crime rate, and demanded their Republican counterparts do the same.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
SO WHO'S SHE PROTECTING? — New York Times reporter Judith Miller has finally been released from jail, after agreeing to testify to what everyone already knew, i.e., that she discussed Valerie Plame with Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's chief of staff. I wrote about this last night …
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Hullabaloo:
Channelling Scott McClellan — This. Is. Bulls**t. — Judy has been released from her confidentiality agreement by her source and she is refusing to even name him publicly? Even though his own lawyer has given interviews in the press. Jesus H. Christ.
Washington Post:
N.Y. Times Reporter Testifies in CIA Leak Case — Miller Says Source Released Her From Pledge of Confidentiality — New York Times reporter Judith Miller testified today before a federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA agent's identity and said afterward she agreed to end …
CNN:
Jailed reporter reaches deal in CIA leak probe — The New York Times' Miller: 'It's good to be free' — (CNN) — After spending 12 weeks in jail for refusing to name a source, The New York Times reporter Judith Miller testified Friday before a federal grand jury looking into a CIA leak case after her source gave her permission.
David Wallace-Wells / Slate:
Free at Last — Bloggers discuss the strange saga of Judith Miller, the incautious mouth of Bill Bennett, and the optimistic humanitarianism of MIT Media Labs. — Free at last: Judith Miller, the New York Times reporter jailed since early July for refusing to testify in the CIA leak investigation …
Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher: 'Philadelphia Inquirer' Writers Scoop Gray Lady on its Own Story
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:Miller's Big Secret
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Geoff Mulvihill / Associated Press:
Rice: Iraq Must Not Be Given Up to Killers — PRINCETON, N.J. - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday the United States must not abandon its mission in Iraq and Americans must realize the consequences of ceding the country to "merciless killers." — Rice told students …
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Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
Jesuit Official Rips Expected Ban on Gays — NEW YORK - A top Jesuit official is raising objections about an upcoming Vatican document that's expected to reinforce Roman Catholic teaching that gays are not welcome in the priesthood, while some U.S. leaders of men's religious orders are considering …
Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit:
OPPOSITION TO IRAQI CONSTITUTION WANING — While the most over-reported story (and the most debunked) story in the press this past August was the drafting of and the opposition to the Iraqi constitution, the most under-reported story in September is how ongoing negotiations have moderated large portions of the document's opposition.
Barack Obama / dailykos.com:
Tone, Truth, and the Democratic Party — Update [2005-9-30 10:38:41 by Armando]: From the diaries by Armando. … I read with interest your recent discussion regarding my comments on the floor(1, 2, 3) during the debate on John Roberts' nomination. I don't get a chance to follow blog traffic …
National Review:
The Movie: Ronnie Earle, on a Mission from God — A new film featuring Travis County, Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle as he pursued the investigation that led to the indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay portrays Earle less as a partisan figure than as a messianic leader on a mission …
Emma Ross / Associated Press:
WHO Tries to Allay Bird Flu Fears — GENEVA — The World Health Organization moved Friday to revise alarming predictions that a pandemic stemming from the bird flu virus ravaging parts of Asia could kill as many as 150 million people. — The U.N. health agency was deluged with inquiries …
