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Hindrocket / Power Line:
BEHIND THE HEADLINES — We have obtained copies of Scooter Libby's letter to Judith Miller dated September 15, 2005, in which he again urged her to testify before the grand jury, and repeated the waiver that he gave her more than a year ago; a letter dated September 16, 2005 …
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Editor and Publisher:
A 'Dear Judy' Letter from 'Scooter' — NEW YORK In a New York Times article today on the latest turn involving Judith Miller, who made a deal with the prosecutor for her release from jail on Thursday, Adam Liptak observes that a series of just-released letters suggest that …
Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:
Seeing the (Aspen) Trees that Make Up the Forest — I bypassed to the link to the Judy-Libby lawyer correspondance this early morning, thinking it'd be more boring lawyer letters. Silly me. Nothing has been boring in this Plame Affair. Thanks to pontificator for encouraging me to look further …
Fox News:
Bill Bennett Explains His Controversial Remarks — This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," September 29, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. — ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Our top story tonight is the controversy surrounding radio talk show host Bill Bennett.
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Allan Guyton / Politechnical:Bennett's Brainfart — Jeff Goldstein appears to have the best roundup …
Deacon / Power Line:NO PHILOSOPHICAL DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
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The Moderate Voice, Big Lizards, NathanNewman.org, Captain's Quarters, Sister Toldjah and Ed Driscoll.com
White House:
President's Radio Address — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week I met with the generals who are overseeing our efforts in Iraq — Generals Abizaid and Casey — to discuss our strategy for victory. They updated me on the operations in Baghdad last weekend in which Iraqi …
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Mark Mazzetti / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Generals Now See Virtues of a Smaller Troop Presence in Iraq — WASHINGTON — The U.S. generals running the war in Iraq presented a new assessment of the military situation in public comments and sworn testimony this week: The 149,000 U.S. troops currently in Iraq are increasingly part of the problem.
Wahjoe Boediwardhana / Associated Press:
Bali Bombings Leave 8 Dead, 13 Injured — BALI, Indonesia - Bombs exploded almost simultaneously Saturday in two tourist areas of the Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing at least eight people and wounding 13 others, police and hospital officials said. — The victims included foreign tourists.
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CNN:
Bali terrorist blasts kill at least 36 — Bloody attacks recall 2002 bombings linked to al Qaeda — (CNN) — Terrorists brought death to Indonesia's Bali paradise for the second time in three years Saturday, as blasts killed at least 36 people at two resort spots.
Tim B. / Tim Blair:BALI BLASTS — Another apparent bomb attack in Bali: … UPDATE.
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Mark / Mark in Mexico:
China: Happy 56th anniversary — China is celebrating the 56th anniversary of the Peoples Republic of China. China wants to make friends all over the world. Let's take a look at China's friendly overtures to its own people, beginning with the civil war which catapaulted Mao and the communists into power.
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Raybin / dailykos.com:
Goodbye Cruel World — I've had it. I'm done. I'm through. I quit. — I thought about merely slinking away and disappearing, but my vanity won't permit that. Plus, having mocked so many of these in my time, I thought I'd give others a chance to do the same to me. Turnabout is indeed fair play.
Fausta / The Bad Hair Blog:
Condoleezza Rice's Princeton speech, and Associated Press Deficit Disorder — Yesterday I and a few thousand others listened to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's address at the inagural of the 75th anniversary celebration of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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Tunku Varadarajan / Opinion Journal:
Westchester Housewife — Meet Debra Burlingame, who won a battle at Ground Zero. — Rage renders some people incoherent and others blind. It causes some to flare up—fiercely, but briefly—and then to burn out. In others, it does no more than instill sadness, and paralysis.
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Richard A. Clarke / The Atlantic Online:
Things Left Undone — I magine if, in advance of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of trucks had been waiting with water and ice and medicine and other supplies. Imagine if 4,000 National Guardsmen and an equal number of emergency aid workers from around the country had been moved into place …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Cisneros Convicted in '99, But the Probe Goes On — This spring, Republicans and Democrats voiced outrage over the news that independent counsel David M. Barrett was still pursuing a decade-long, $21 million investigation into a crime long confessed and paid for.
Jason / COUNTERCOLUMN:
Intellectual Honesty in Electric Loveladyland — Steve Lovelady, editor of the prestigious Columbia Journalism Review, loves to dish it out. For instance, when Mark Yost, the editorial page director of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press published an article criticizing the performance …
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Dems Agree to Recommend Early Primaries — WASHINGTON - Democrats trying to change their presidential primaries for 2008 agreed Saturday to recommend that at least two other states join Iowa and New Hampshire in voting during the opening days of the nominating campaign.
