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Espionage Case Breaches the White House — Accused Marine Worked in Vice President's Office — Oct. 5, 2005 — Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history. — Officials tell ABC News the alleged spy worked undetected at the White House for almost three years.
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Bill / PunditGuy:
SPY in the House of Bush — This is not good. — While much of this story has been out for nearly a month (see links below), ABC News has been investigating a possible White House angle. That part of the story is breaking for the first time today. … Undetected for 3 years?
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Reuters:
US officials brace for decisions in CIA leak case — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal prosecutor investigating who leaked the identity of a CIA operative is expected to signal within days whether he intends to bring indictments in the case, legal sources close to the investigation said on Wednesday.
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John / AMERICAblog:
The White House is hiding Karl Rove - they know something's coming... I just talked to a source who told me that Karl Rove has been missing from a number of recent White House presidential events - events that he has ALWAYS attended in the past. For example, Rove was absent …
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly calls Media Matters "assassins" and "the worst" among "most vicious" political websites — In a segment on the October 4 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor that he promoted as examining "the most vicious political websites in the country," host Bill O'Reilly named Media Matters for America …
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David Kline / BlogRevolt.com:
O'Reilly's Sneak Attack on Bloggers! — Last night I appeared on the conservative TV talk show The O'Reilly Factor, ostensibly to talk about political blogs and the impact they are having on the American political process. — Or so I was told by the two producers for the show who spent over an hour pre-interviewing me.
MSNBC:
Lott: 'Not comfortable' with Miers' nomination — Miss. Senator says he'll need more information before supporting nominee — Add Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) to the list of Republicans not entirely pleased with President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
WILL VERSUS BLANKLEY VERSUS MALKIN — While we're moving on, George Will and Tony Blankley address the merits of President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. Will's column is frankly oppositional: "Miers is the wrong pick." Will writes:
Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Former Bush Official Indicted in Probe — WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's former chief procurement official was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges of making false statements and obstructing investigations into high-powered Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Laylan Copelin / statesman.com:
Prosecutor reveals third grand jury had refused DeLay indictment — Newly impaneled grand jury returned money-laundering charge within hours — A Travis County grand jury last week refused to indict former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay as prosecutors raced to salvage their felony case against the Sugar Land Republican.
CNN:
Poll: Support for Miers not as high as that for Roberts — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Americans, particularly conservatives, are less supportive of President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court than they initially were for his nomination of John Roberts, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday night.
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Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:FIRST MIERS REACTION FROM GALLUP
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Associated Press:
DeLay, Successor Blunt Swapped Donations — WASHINGTON - Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt through a series of donations that benefited both men's causes.
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Sara Kugler / Associated Press:
Rangel: Cheney should be 'ashamed' for age remark — NEW YORK — Vice President Dick Cheney's feud with Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel was perpetuated Wednesday when the 75-year-old congressman said Cheney "ought to be ashamed of himself" for a remark about his age.
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
IS THIS BUSH'S HIDDEN AGENDA? — A friend, one of the wisest analysts of politics I know, asks the following fascinating questions: Did the president pick Harriet Miers because she is an evangelical Christian? Is this the real meaning of the "trust me" message — and are her religious beliefs …
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Erin Neff / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Son of former president to challenge Ensign in 2006 — Jack Carter, the son of former President Carter, said Tuesday he plans to run against John Ensign for the U.S. Senate next year. — Carter, 58, and his wife, Elizabeth, have lived in Las Vegas since 2003, operating the investment consulting firm Carter Global.
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James S. Tyree / normantranscript.com:
Stadium security to be stepped up — University of Oklahoma President David Boren on Tuesday said investigators are saying there is no known threat connected to the Saturday bomb explosion near a packed football stadium, and an FBI press release repeated Boren's opinion.
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