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The Miller Case: From a Name on a Pad to Jail, and Back — In a notebook belonging to Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times, amid notations about Iraq and nuclear weapons, appear two small words: "Valerie Flame." — Ms. Miller should have written Valerie Plame.
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Judith Miller / New York Times:
My Four Hours Testifying in the Federal Grand Jury Room — In July 2003, Joseph C. Wilson IV, a former ambassador, created a firestorm by publishing an essay in The New York Times that accused the Bush administration of using faulty intelligence to justify the war in Iraq.
rawstory.com:
Reporter in leak case to take leave of absence effective immediately — New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who spent 85 days in jail protecting her source in the recent CIA leak investigation, will take an indefinite leave of absence effective immediately.
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Steve Soto / The Left Coaster:
Miller's Mea Culpa And Convenient Memory Lapses To Protect Cheney — Following up on Eriposte's post below, the long-awaited "Come to Jesus" account by Judy Kneepads of her role in Plamegate and in deceiving the American public over Iraqi WMDs have now hit Sunday's Times.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
JUDY MILLER SPEAKS — In today's New York Times, reporter Judith Miller offers a lengthy and seemingly comprehensive summary of her testimony before Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury. Miller's account is interesting, but it falls short of explaining what all the fuss was about.
Sooni:
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Iraqis Cast Votes on Constitution; Turnout Is Mixed — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 15 - Iraqis streamed to the polls Saturday, casting ballots on a new constitution that would fundamentally alter the shape and nature of the nation. — With most vehicular traffic banned, and more than 150,000 American …
Washington Post:
Polls Close in Iraq — Large Numbers Turn Out Despite Sporadic Violence — BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 — Large numbers of Iraqi voters ignored sporadic outbreaks of violence and voted Saturday in a constitutional referendum that would increase the role of Islam in the government and formalize Iraq's democracy.
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Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Large Turnout for Iraq Constitution Vote — AP Photo BAG142 — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arabs voted in surprisingly high numbers on Iraq's new constitution Saturday, many of them hoping to defeat it in an intense competition with Shiites and Kurds over the shape of the nation's young democracy after decades of dictatorship.
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Just said my YES... (updated) — Probably the worst thing today is the intense heat which was a little over 100f but that didn't stop the crowds from walking in the sun to the voting stations, I personally had to walk nearly 4 miles in total but it's definitely worth the effort.
Austin Bay Blog:
UPDATED: Iraq's Constitution Day- The Iraqi Reports On What It Means — Major players are coming more and more to realize that dialog, alliances, common interests and just plain politics is the way to win- not violence, intimidation and terror. So this [lesson] is apparently slowly …
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Constitution Referendum, and the Not-So-Great Ramadan Offensive — The Iraqis have voted on the referendum. Turnout is reported to be high in many areas of Iraq. Saddam's own hometown in Tikrit is estimated to have had a 78% turnout. Dr. Fareed Ayar, a member of the Independent Electoral Commission …
New York Times:
Polls Close in Iraq's Constitutional Referendum — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 15 - Iraqis walked through silent streets this morning to begin voting on a new constitution that, if passed, would mark a major step toward the formation of the country's first full-term government since the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:Polls Close for Vote on Iraq Constitution
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CNN:Polls close in historic Iraq referendum
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Dirty Harry / GOP Vixen:13 VS. 347 — That's the difference between now and January.
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Roger L. Simon / Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter: Iraqi Freedom - How Short It Has Been - A Revolutionary Comparison
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Criminalizing Conservatives — Fall of 2005 will be remembered as a time when it became clear that a strategy of criminalization had been implemented to inflict defeat on conservatives. — THE MOST EFFECTIVE CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATOR of—oh—the last century or so, Congressman Tom DeLay …
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hughhewitt.com:
Iraq Votes, Yon Notes, RedStaters Emote, and I Confess Everything I Don't Know About the Miers Nomination. — Back to Biola and GodBlogCon I, and then ND-USC, so light Saturday blogging. Brant DeBow has done a great job of summarizing the panel discussion from last evening.
Times of London:
America offers 'Gaddafi deal' to bring Syria in from the cold — THE Bush Administration has offered Syria's beleaguered President a "Gaddafi deal" to end his regime's isolation if Damascus agrees to a long list of painful concessions. — According to senior American and Arab officials …
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