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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.
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
After 'NY Times' Probe: Keller Must Fire Miller, and Apologize to Readers — As the devastating Times article, and her own first-person account, make clear, Miller should be promptly dismissed for crimes against journalism — and her own paper. And her editor, who has not taken responsibility …
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Just a Bump in the Beltway
New York Times:
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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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Reporter Says Libby Told Her About CIA Operative — Times' Miller Cites More Than One Instance — Vice President Cheney's chief of staff discussed with New York Times correspondent Judith Miller the fact that the wife of a White House critic worked for the CIA on as many as three occasions …
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Don Surber:
We, the people, of Iraq ... E channel shows old SNL shows. I was struck by Friday's repeat from October 2002. Hard to believe that just three years ago the show was mocking Saddam Hussein. Tina Fey gave the dictator the what for — safely from a studio an ocean and six time zones away.
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KEN / Oblogatory Anecdotes:Open Trackback Weekend
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New York Times:
Two Sides of the Sunni Vote: Deserted Polls and Long Lines — RAMADI, Iraq, Oct. 15 - A heavy boom shook what was left of the windows in polling station No. 1, a provincial council building in the west of this embattled Sunni Arab city. Bursts of automatic gunfire immediately followed.
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Don Surber:
Voters Fed-Ex Iraq War Critics — As the second round of Iraq elections have succeeded, let us pause to reflect upon what critics of U.S. policy have said. First, "sanctions need more time." Yes, after 12 years of economic sanctions, the UN, France and other insiders had made quite …
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toledoblade.com:
Violence in North Toledo after Nazi march canceled; mayor declares curfew — Mayor Jack Ford declared a state of emergency this afternoon following a violent uprising in North Toledo that erupted following an aborted march by a group of Nazis. — He issued a citywide curfew starting at 8 p.m. tonight, tomorrow, and possibly Monday.
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Washington Post:
How a Lobbyist Stacked the Deck — Abramoff Used DeLay Aide, Attacks On Allies to Defeat Anti-Gambling Bill — Lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his team were beginning to panic. — An anti-gambling bill had cleared the Senate and appeared on its way to passage by an overwhelming margin in the House of Representatives.
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Russians help Iran with missile threat to Europe — Former members of the Russian military have been secretly helping Iran to acquire technology needed to produce missiles capable of striking European capitals. — The Russians are acting as go-betweens with North Korea as part …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Split on Right a Chance, Choice for Democrats — The conservatives' noisy split over the Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination has largely obscured the fact that Senate Democrats could control her fate in a way that was never possible in the confirmation battle over Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
montereyherald.com:
Top GOP senator criticizes Bush on `trust me' approach — PHILADELPHIA - (KRT) - Americans "deserve better" than President Bush's "trust me" approach to the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers, Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said Friday, making his sharpest critique yet amid a right-wing revolt over the pick.
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Pam's House Blend
Michael Barone / US News:
Spurning America — Army Special Forces Soldiers, as my U.S. News colleague Linda Robinson writes in her riveting book, Masters of Chaos, are very much aware of "the tradition of their military history." On the eve of a difficult mission, "more than one soldier went to sleep hoping …
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Betsy's Page
Washington Post:
On the Streets of Iraq, Scenes of Joy and Determination — For the cooped-up children of bomb-weary Baghdad, referendum day was a winner, no matter what the final outcome. — A security ban on private vehicles, invoked to keep would-be bombers from reaching targets, had a blissful side effect …
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