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Role of Rove, Libby in CIA Leak Case Clearer — Bush and Cheney Aides' Testimony Contradicts Earlier White House Statement — As the CIA leak investigation heads toward its expected conclusion this month, it has become increasingly clear that two of the most powerful men in the Bush administration …
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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 …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Libby-Miller Correspondence — The NY Times has posted the correspondence between Libby and Miller that eventually led to her jail break (via Glenn, we see that Powerline has found these letters as well). — We are most intrigued by this passage, in the letter from Libby to Miller …
Peakah / Peakah's Provocations:
My Black Widow — I recently drained and put away our little 14' rubber swimming pool that we put out on the back patio for the kids to drown each other in. — After having stored it in our garage for a few days I noticed that my pool filter pump had a new resident.
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Cao / Cao's Blog: Delay framed — The political teen has a video of Byron York on Ronnie Earle vs. Delay.
Allan Guyton / Politechnical:Bennett's Brainfart — Jeff Goldstein appears to have the best roundup …
Bradley Graham / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Defends Iraqi Forces — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that Iraqi security forces are steadily improving, and he dismissed news of a drop in the number of highest-rated units as having minimal relevance. — "There are an awful lot of people chasing the wrong rabbit here …
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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.
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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.
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Irwan Firdaus / Associated Press:
Suicide Bombers Kill 25 in Bali Attacks — BALI, Indonesia - Suicide bombers targeted the Indonesian resort of Bali with coordinated attacks that devastated three crowded restaurants, killing at least 25 people. Two men linked to even deadlier blasts at the same resort in 2002 were suspected …
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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.
state.gov:
Princeton University's Celebration of the 75th Anniversary Of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs — Secretary Condoleezza Rice — SECRETARY RICE: Thank you. Thank you very much. Madame President, other distinguished members here on the dais …
Associated Press:
Man charged with murder after girl, 4, found — Daughter of suspect's girlfriend found wandering streets of New York — NEW YORK - A Queens man was charged Saturday with murdering his live-in girlfriend, the latest twist in a weeklong mystery that began when the slain woman's 4-year-old daughter …
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Wall Street Journal:
Disney Rethinks Reaching Audiences — Disney's new CEO Robert Iger is putting the Magic Kingdom on alert that it must give consumers the ability to use Disney content whenever and wherever they want it. — The CEO's Private Golf Shuttle — A comparison of golf scores and flight records shows …
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.
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Thin skins — Two surprising truths about journalists: — First, they give bad interview. You'd think all those years on the other end of the pencil would teach them how to give clear, concise answers to questions ... and how to beware of reporters' tricks.
Bachman / Public Eye:
EU Insists On International Control Of The Internet — BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union insisted Friday that governments and the private sector must share the responsibility of overseeing the Internet, setting the stage for a showdown with the United States on the future of Internet governance.
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Aoife White / Associated Press:EU Wants Shared Control of Internet
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