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Conservatives Confront Bush Aides — Anger Over Nomination of Miers Boils Over During Private Meetings — The conservative uprising against President Bush escalated yesterday as Republican activists angry over his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court confronted …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Sales Calls Begin on Capitol Hill, but Some Aren't Buying — The woman President Bush called the most qualified person in America to sit on the Supreme Court arrived early yesterday morning for her courtesy call on Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.). They talked about the weather.
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ABCNEWS:
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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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
F.B.I. Widens Investigation in New Jersey Espionage Case — WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday it had expanded a New Jersey espionage investigation in an effort to determine whether one of its own agents, charged last month with spying for the Philippines …
Washington Post:
Senate Supports Interrogation Limits — 90-9 Vote on the Treatment of Detainees Is a Bipartisan Rebuff of the White House — The Senate defied the White House yesterday and voted to set new limits on interrogating detainees in Iraq and elsewhere, underscoring Congress's growing concerns …
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Associated Press:
Senate votes to restrict treatment of detainees — Bush rebuffed in 90-9 vote to bar 'cruel, inhuman or degrading' treatment — WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled Senate voted Wednesday to impose restrictions on the treatment of terrorism suspects, delivering a rare wartime rebuke to President Bush.
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Demagogue
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:Senate Approves Detainee Treatment Rules
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Outside The Beltway
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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CNN:
Bush plans 'major speech' on Iraq, terrorism — Democrats say they want to hear more than 'stay the course' — Programming Note: Watch President Bush's speech on U.S. efforts against terrorism, Thursday at 10 a.m. ET — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush will deliver a "major speech" …
Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:
13 Plastic Bottles Found in Hinrichs' Car; Lots of Small, Round Holes Seen in Tree Near Bomb Site — EXCLUSIVE: — A Lincoln Town Car registered in the name of OU Suicide Bomber Joel Henry Hinrichs III remained as of 4:00 p.m. EST today in the parking lot of the apartment where he lived …
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Sara Ganus / oudaily.com:
Aftermath affects Muslim community — An OU instructor was questioned by law enforcement agencies. — As the first night of Ramadan wound down Wednesday, two children tossed a football through the rain in the parking lot of the Masjid Al-Nur Islamic mosque, 1304 George Ave.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The Miers Misstep — What was President Bush thinking? — It all depends on the hearings. — Barring a withdrawal of her nomination, it's going to come down to Harriet Meirs's ability to argue her own case before the Senate Judiciary Committee. If the American people decide she seems …
Wieland / Transparent Grid:
Unqualified Crony in Charge of Pandemic Response — This story may sound very familiar. — The National Response Plan (NRP), whose formulation was headed by the Department of Homeland Security, is intended to serve as the blueprint to the response to a host of possible disasters and terrorist attacks.
MSNBC:
Where do Democrats stand? — DNC Chair Dean says 'culture of corruption' exists in Republican party — Where do Democrats stand on the Miers nomination, the war in Iraq, and other key issues in Washington? — Dr. Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, played Hardball to give answers.
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Wonkette
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
The Schumacher Strategy — Giving conservatives the fight they want. — Instapundit's Katrina/Rita Relief donation list. — Here's a graf from the New Yorker's Ken Auletta on the tussle between John Carroll, now-resigned LAT editor, and his overseers at the Chicago-based Tribune Company:
