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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Let This Leak Go — The best thing Patrick Fitzgerald could do for his country is get out of Washington, return to Chicago and prosecute some real criminals. As it is, all he has done so far is send Judith Miller of the New York Times to jail and repeatedly haul this or that administration high official …
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Robin Toner / New York Times:
Democrats See Dream of '06 Victory Taking Form — WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 - Suddenly, Democrats see a possibility in 2006 they have long dreamed of: a sweeping midterm election framed around what they describe as the simple choice of change with the Democrats or more of an unpopular status quo with the Republican majority.
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Drudge Report:
HIDDEN TESTIMONY REIGNITES MIERS FIRES — The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a copy of sworn testimony given by Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in 1990 in which she said that she "wouldn't belong to the Federalist Society" - a conservative and libertarian lawyers' organization - because it was "politically charged."
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
How She Slipped Through — Harriet Miers's nomination resulted from a failed vetting process. — "There's a standard vetting process that we go through with all nominees." —White House spokesman Scott McClellan — "The president is very, very confident in his judgments about people, and he likes to reward loyalty."
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rawstory.com:
Claim: Cheney's office opposed Miers nomination to court — RAW STORY — Veteran conservative columnist and pundit John Fund asserts in the Wall Street Journal today that the offices of Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales tried to block the nomination …
Timothy Williams / New York Times:
British Playwright Wins Nobel Prize in Literature — Harold Pinter, the British playwright known for enigmatic plays such as "The Birthday Party" and "The Homecoming" and a well-known peace activist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today. — Mr. Pinter, 75, has also acted …
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Michael Mandel / Business Week:
A Nobel Letdown in Economics — Sure, the two game-theory experts who won merit the 2005 award. But their field is doing little to advance economics' progress — I like rationality as much as the next person. When I was in high school in Brooklyn in the 1970s, I laboriously worked …
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Washington Post:
Role of Religion Emerges as Issue — President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's religion in making the case for her to skeptical conservatives, triggering a debate over what role, if any, her evangelical faith should play in the confirmation battle.
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R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr / American Spectator:Include Me Out — WASHINGTON — To the excitement of all Washington …
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Contempt Finding Is Lifted in Case of Times Reporter — WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 - A federal district judge here lifted a contempt order Wednesday against Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times, after she testified before a grand jury investigating the C.I.A. leak case …
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Gateway Pundit:
Chechen Terrorists Attack City, Airport; Hostages Taken! — Chechen Terrorists Attack Russian City of Nalchik in the most extensive terrorist assault ever carried out on a whole city ! — * At least 60 are reported killed in the clashes, including civilians! — * Putin orders a blockade on the city of Nalchik!
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Washington Post:
SEC Issues Subpoena To Frist, Sources Say — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has been subpoenaed to turn over personal records and documents as federal authorities step up a probe of his July sales of HCA Inc. stock, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
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Alison Gendar / NY Daily News:
Terror tip for rich — E-mails warned bigs of city attack — The city's rich and well-connected were tipped off to last week's subway terror threat days before average New Yorkers, the Daily News has learned. — At least two E-mails revealing the purported plot were sent to a select crowd …
Dales / RedState.org:
Advice For Conservative Republicans — Subtitled, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." — When the President announced his selection of Harriet Miers as the nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, I snarkily posted a handy guide to the five stages of grief.
Anthony Browne / Times of London:
Dutch unveil the toughest face in Europe with a ban on the burka — THE Netherlands is likely to become the first country in Europe to ban the burka, under government proposals that would bring in some of the toughest curbs on Muslim clothing in the world. — The country's hardline …
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Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Treated for Illness, Then Lost in Labyrinth of Bills — Ellen Mayer's gastrointestinal cancer requires constant monitoring. Everything seems to need a justification, or a new authorization. At one point she considered stopping treatment because each test required so much paperwork.
news24.com:
Bush popularity keeps dropping — Washington - Support for the majority Republican party in the United States is sagging as President George W. Bush's popularity continues to slide, according to a poll released on Wednesday. — A plurality of Americans, 48%, said they would prefer …
