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John Solomon / Associated Press:
Rove Said to Testify in CIA Leak Case — Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.
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Murray Waas / whatever already!:
Rove before grand jury in the morning — White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove will testify tomorrow morning for a fourth time before the federal grand jury investigating the Valerie Plame matter, according to sources close to the investigation. — Rove will appear voluntarily …
Lawrence O'Donnell / huffingtonpost.com:
UPDATE: Plamegate: the Next Step — This just in from the AP: … What this means is Rove's lawyer, Bob Luskin, believes his client is defintely going to be indicted. So, Luskin is sending Rove back into the grand jury to try to get around the prosecutor and sell his innocence directly to the grand jurors.
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Washington Post:
Rove to Testify Again in Grand Jury's CIA Leak Probe — Prosecutor's Warning That Bush Adviser Could Be Indicted Suggests New Information May Have Emerged — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove will again testify to a grand jury that is in the final stages of investigating whether …
ABCNEWS:
Police Investigate New York Subway Terror Threat — Security to be Increased Following Possible Plot Information — Oct. 6, 2005 — The New York Police Department is investigating what it deems a credible tip that 19 operatives have been deployed to the city to place bombs in the subway …
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Tom Hays / Associated Press:
NYC Increases Subway Security After Threat — NEW YORK - Authorities stepped up mass transit security Thursday after receiving a credible threat that the city's subway system could be the target of a terrorist attack in coming days. — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly …
Andrew Cochran / The Counterterrorism Blog:
NY Subways on Heightened Terrorism Alert (updated) — LAST POST AT 6:50 pm ET. NYPD & FBI & Mayor Bloomberg press conference on heightened threat "in the coming days": Mayor Bloomberg: this is first threat of this specificity and this event isn't tied to Jewish holy days or specific religion …
Athena / Terrorism Unveiled:
NYC SUBWAY THREAT — Sources say that three insurgents who were captured in Iraq released specific information on a date, time, target and method of attack in the NYC subway system. — This is being treated as a credible threat. — From ABC: … Fox News is saying that their sources from DHS are saying 19 suitcase bombs.
Fox News:
NYC Ups Subway Security After Bomb Threats — NEW YORK — Authorities stepped up security on the city's mass transit system Thursday after receiving a credible threat that the New York City subway may be the target of a terrorist attack (search) "in the coming days."
White House:
President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy — Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center — Washington, D.C. — In Focus: Homeland Security — In Focus: National Security — Fact Sheet: President Bush Remarks on the War on Terror — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.
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Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:The president's speech - an analysis, part 1
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CBS News:
Poll: Bush Ratings Hit New Low — (CBS) This CBS News Poll finds an American public increasingly pessimistic about the economy, the war in Iraq, the overall direction of the country, and the President. Americans' outlook for the economy is the worst it has been in four years.
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bbc.co.uk:
God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers — This press release is embargoed until 2230 hours on Thursday 6 October. Before that time it is only available through the link which you have been sent. — President George W. Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Elitisms — Lots of discussion in wingnuttia about whether or not it's "elitist" to oppose Miers. These discussions seem to confuse different kinds of elitism. There's one kind of elitism which dares to suggest that smart qualified people should get the kinds of jobs that require smart qualified people.
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Drudge Report:
FBI FREEH UNLOADS ON CLINTON: 'CLOSETS WERE FULL OF SKELETONS' — Louis Freeh Speaks for the First Time About his Terrible Relationship with the President — Former FBI Director Louis Freeh says publicly for the first time that his relationship with President Bill Clinton …
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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
On Becoming a Problem Child — John Dickerson makes a point about the Harriet Miers nomination that rings true for me: … I have the distinct impression that the Democratic Party sees the liberal blogosphere as being inside the tent, while the Republican Party views the conservative blogosphere …
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John Dickerson / slate.com:Gods vs. Geeks
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Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
Report Warns Democrats Not to Tilt Too Far Left — The liberals' hope that Democrats can win back the presidency by drawing sharp ideological contrasts and energizing the partisan base is a fantasy that could cripple the party's efforts to return to power, according to a new study by two prominent Democratic analysts.
Rob Anderson / The New Republic:
The Quiet Americans — In late July, news surfaced that Iran had executed two gay teenagers—ostensibly for sexual assault, but most likely for the crime of being gay. As pictures of their executions spread around the Internet, American gay and lesbian activists responded swiftly …
