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Contingency Plan — Karl Rove has a plan, as always. Even before testifying last week for the fourth time before a grand jury probing the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity, Bush senior adviser Rove and others at the White House had concluded that if indicted he would immediately resign …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Rove On The Bubble, Libby In Trouble — The NY Times told us yesterday that Karl Rove spent 4 1/2 hours with the grand jury. Today, the buzz is about the Times explanation of the Judy Miller saga, and her own account of her grand jury testimony. — Quickly - Rove is in trouble.
Swopa / Needlenose:Explaining Plame, part 2: Judith Miller does Scooter Libby's laundry
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Blogenlust, War and Piece, Media Blog on National …, The Left Coaster, The Huffington Post and The Next Hurrah
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:Quite a lot is contained in these five grafs from the Times mega-piece …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Judith Miller's Account In Plame Leak Case …
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Talking Points Memo, firedoglake, Tom Watson, Dan Gillmor's blog and The Huffington Post
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Rice: Iraq Constitution Appears to Have Passed — Sunnis Appear Short of Threshold Required to Reject Controversial Charter — LONDON, Oct. 16 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that initial assessments indicate Iraqis had probably approved a controversial constitution …
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New York Times:
Iraqi Officials Count Ballots Following Saturday's Vote — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 16 - Iraqi officials were counting ballots today after a constitutional referendum on Saturday that appeared to have drawn as many as 10 million voters, about two-thirds of those eligible, to polling stations across this war-ravaged country.
Washington Post:
Sunni Turnout Is High In Vote on Iraqi Charter — Attacks by Insurgents Largely Halt During Referendum — BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 — Sunni Arab voters turned out in force for Iraq's constitutional referendum Saturday as insurgents largely suspended attacks, granting Sunnis a chance to try to defeat …
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The Moderate Voice
strategypage.com:
Another Election Carried Out Despite Terrorist Threats — October 16, 2005: The government is getting better at running national elections under the threat of terrorist attacks. The legislative elections last January had fewer than ten million people voting (69 percent of those registered) …
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Instapundit.com, Roger L. Simon, Daily Pundit, CatHouse Chat, Argghhh! and Iraq Elections newswire
Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:Iraqi Charter Seems Assured of Passage
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The Counterterrorism Blog, Gateway Pundit, Centerfield, Secular Blasphemy and The All Spin Zone
MSNBC:
Transcript for October 16 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Ballots in Iraq are being counted as millions turned out yesterday to vote on a new constitution. What will this mean for violence and bloodshed and U.S. troop levels? With us, the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.
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Brendan Nyhan
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Condi Rice: Verifies What we all Thought — Condi Rice: Verifies what we all Thought — On Meet the Press today, Condi destroyed the premise to go to war with Iraq that the White House pushed on the American people. (full transcript) — Video-WMP — Video-QT
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The Moderate Voice, The Huffington Post, Think Progress, Booker Rising and Booman Tribune ~ Boo!
John Podesta / Washington Post:
Freeh's Self-Whitewash — During his tenure as director of the FBI, Louis Freeh presided over a series of blunders and failures that brought the bureau to a low point in its history. From the embarrassment of the Russian mole Robert Hanssen to the bungling of the Wen Ho Lee investigation …
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Editor and Publisher:
'Hidden Scandal' in Miller Story, Charges Former CBS Newsman — NEW YORK Since the posting of The New York Times lengthy article on Judith Miller's involvement in the Plame scandal Saturday night, much Web buzzing has ensued concerning the revelation that she had some sort of special classified status …
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Jim Romenesko / poynter.org:View Forum Post
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Sisyphean Musings, Loaded Mouth, Just a Bump in the Beltway, Decision '08 and Suburban Guerrilla
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Mike Allen: Why They Can't Hit The Right Note — With even Laura off-key on Miers, Bush plans to change the message—again — Get ready for a whole new Harriet. After a disastrous two weeks, White House officials say they hope to relaunch the nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court …
Haaretz:
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claims two West Bank attacks — Three Israelis were killed Sunday afternoon and three other people were wounded, one seriously, when Palestinians opened fire on a hitchhiking station at the Gush Etzion junction, south of Jerusalem in the West Bank.
Drudge Report:
LYNNE CHENEY: HUSBAND WON'T BE 2008 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE — New York - Don't call her the Second Lady. The Vice President's wife keeps a high profile of her own, as an author of books on U.S. history. Her latest, A Time for Freedom, is a timeline of American history.
Mark Steyn / Agence France Presse:
Media utters nonsense, won't call enemy out — F rom Thursday's New York Times: ''Nalchik, Russia — Insurgents launched a series of raids today in this southern Russian city, striking the area's main airport and several police and security buildings in large-scale, daytime attacks that left at least 85 people dead.''
Tom Brune / Newsday:
Blot on Miers' image — Court nominee was slow to respond to several liens placed on properties she controls in Dallas, records show had to reimburse Texas city for failing to clear weeds, debris from vacant lots — WASHINGTON — The year Harriet Miers began work as a senior presidential aide …
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