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Washington Post:
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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Judd / Think Progress:
Source to Stephanopoulos: President Bush Directly Involved In Leak Scandal — Near the end of a round table discussion on ABC's This Week, George Stephanopoulos dropped this bomb: … This would explain why Bush spent more than an hour answering questions from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
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The Left Coaster, Blogenlust, The Moderate Voice, The Poor Man Institute, Daily Kos and Decision '08
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Will Fitzgerald Attempt A Conspiracy Indictment? — Most of us have wondered why Judith Miller's testimony about Scooter Libby held such importance to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that he allowed her to walk away from a contempt charge merely to provide what appears to be corroborative testimony …
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Mark / Decision '08:
The Most Painful Correction of All Time — Paul Krugman can rest easy - he will not be forced by Gail Collins into personally admitting the error behind his continued stubborn insistence that he got the story right on the 2000 Florida recounts despite widespread evidence to the contrary.
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Tim Worstall:
New York Times Corrections Policy. — Gail Collins has a piece in the New York Times today about corrections to op ed pieces. This is obviously a response to the Public Editor's (Byron Calame) concerns expressed in his web page four days back. — It isn't the specifics of which facts that were corrected which is of most interest.
Michelle Malkin:
YET ANOTHER KRUGMAN KORRECTION — The New York Times has run yet another correction to columnist Paul Krugman's numerous errors regarding the recounts in Florida after the 2000 presidential election. These errors were noted by bloggers more than a month ago.
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Don Surber
Kit Jarrell / euphoricreality.net:
Drop Zone - 10/01/05 — Welcome October! Let's get started with today's open post deliciousness. — World Net Daily has a fantastic article on the ACLU and its hatred for America. Key quote: … Excuse me? Let me tell you how many heads would roll if my son was put into a seminar like that at school.
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Basil / Basil's Blog:Try one of these specials with your weekend brunch:
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BBC:
Bali bombs 'were suicide attacks' — Suicide bombers carried out the attacks on three Bali restaurants that killed at least 19 people, a senior Indonesian anti-terror official has said. — Maj Gen Ansyaad Mbai said the remains of three bombers were found at the scenes in the tourist areas of Jimbaran and Kuta.
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Irwan Firdaus / Associated Press:Suicide Bombers Kill 25 in Bali Attacks
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Judith Miller and Her Times — "Notice how it affects what the New York Times, a great institution, can tell the public, and yet Judy's decision was hers: personal when she made it (her conditions weren't met), personal when she changed it (her conditions were met.) That's what I mean by Miller's Times."
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Jay Rosen / huffingtonpost.com:
Judith Miller and Her Times — When Jack Shafer calls it "the epic collision of first principles from which Judith Miller has just slunk away," he gets Thursday's news exactly right. — In the mystifying drama of Judith Miller and her Times, I am as clueless as the next person about what's really going down.
Michael Stickings / The Moderate Voice:
The Bill Bennett fiasco (update) — Click here for my analysis of the Bill Bennett story. Here's an update on the response from the White House and Capitol Hill: … But Bennett has been standing firm: … Well, perhaps. There certainly has been misrepresentation of his "view," …
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Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Finding His Floor — The new NEWSWEEK Poll finds President Bush's support holding steady despite the DeLay indictment. But even the party faithful are starting to question the GOP. — Tough times: House Speaker Dennis Hastert (left) and interim Majority Leader Roy Blunt at a press conference last week after DeLay's indictment
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TigerHawk:
Lt. Gen. David Petraeus speaks at Princeton — The festivities surrounding the 75th anniversary of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School For Public and International Affairs continued yesterday with a speech by Lt. General David Petraeus (M.P.A. '85, Ph.D. '87).
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COUNTERCOLUMN
Washington Post:
Housing Promises Made to Evacuees Have Fallen Short — Red Cross to Halt Hotel Stipends in 2 Weeks, And Hundreds of Shelters Have Closed — Two weeks before President Bush's mid-October goal for moving Hurricane Katrina victims out of shelters, more than 100,000 people still reside …
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The Mahablog
Jesselee / The Stakeholder:
Rahm vs. Reynolds on MTP: Clear Cut Victory — Following the Chris Matthews show this morning, where 8 of his 12 pundits surveyed predicted a Democratic takeover of the House and Senate, Rahm Emanuel showed America why the Democratic alternative will prevail.
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The Huffington Post
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 …
