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Richard Keil / Bloomberg:
Cheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation, People Say — Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — A special counsel is focusing on whether Vice President Dick Cheney played a role in leaking a covert CIA agent's name, according to people familiar with the probe that already threatens top White House aides Karl Rove and Lewis Libby.
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Washington Post:
Miller's Lawyer Says Aide May Face 'Problem' in Probe — Attorney for Reporter Cites Possibility of Conflicting Testimony — Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, has "a problem" in the investigation of the leak of a CIA operative's identity if his testimony conflicts …
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
FLEITZ TO BOLTON TO NOVAK?....I've always thought that the single most mysterious issue in the Valerie Plame case is...."Valerie Plame." Reporters never refer to a woman by her maiden name if she normally goes by her married name, yet for some reason Robert Novak's July 14 column specifically referred …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:MILLER AND FITZGERALD....Hold on a second. I've now read several …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:Nit Picks And Quick Hits on Plame
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Billmon, The Huffington Post, The Corner on National …, All Things Beautiful and Sisyphean Musings
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
For U.S., a Hard Road Is Still Ahead in Iraq — For the Bush administration, the apparent approval of Iraq's constitution is less of a victory than yet another chance to possibly fashion a political solution that does not result in the bloody division of Iraq.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Administration's Tone Signals a Longer, Broader Iraq Conflict — WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 - For most of the 30 months since American-led forces ousted Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has argued that as democracy took hold in Iraq, the insurgency would lose steam because Al Qaeda …
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The Blogging of the President
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Sunnis Appear to Fall Short in Iraq Vote — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's landmark constitution seemed assured of passage Sunday after initial results showed minority Sunni Arabs had fallen short in an effort to veto it at the polls. The apparent acceptance was a major step in the attempt …
Washington Post:
Iraqi Constitution Appears Headed For Voter Approval — BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 — Iraq's war-battered voters apparently approved a new constitution in voting Saturday, preliminary and unofficial results showed Sunday, but disaffected Sunni Arabs proved unexpectedly formidable in their first venture …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Judgment Call — Did Christian conservatives receive assurances that Miers would oppose Roe v. Wade? — Two days after President Bush announced Harriet Miers's Supreme Court nomination, James Dobson of Focus on the Family raised some eyebrows by declaring on his radio program …
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Mike Allen / Time:
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 by moving …
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Ramesh Ponnuru / New York Times:
Why Conservatives Are Divided — CONSERVATIVES are conducting a bitter debate about President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. Some see a divide between populists and elitists: they say that the conservative masses are gung-ho for the nomination, which is opposed only by Beltway insiders.
William E. Jackson, Jr / Editor and Publisher:
Judith Miller: The 'Classified' Angle — A new area receiving a good deal of attention in the wake of the New York Times' probe: Judy Miller's claim of receiving special security clearance during her time as an "embed" in Iraq. It is newly relevant, with the federal prosecutor expressing strong interest …
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Editor and Publisher:'Hidden Scandal' in Miller Story, Charges Former CBS Newsman
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Jason / G e n e r a t i o n W h y ?:
The BOOMer Sooner IV — Suddenly there's a suicide note. (hat tip: Mark) If it's the real deal, it would seem to be the end of this case and the speculation that the suicide bombing was terror-related... or would it? Mark has alot of good questions, like:
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Michelle Malkin
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Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:Does "Suicide Message" Close OU Bomber Case?
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U.S. nabs al-Qaida Web site producer — Propaganda site was unusually quiet during weekend referendum — The al-Qaida in Iraq Web site publicizes attacks, like this one Friday in Kirkuk. — By Ashraf al-Taie — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Web site run by al-Qaida in Iraq was strangely quiet during …
Brad Plumer / Bradford Plumer:
DOWN WITH "REFORM" — Kos argues that California's "redistricting reform" ballot initiative is a good thing, while Nancy Pelosi is making it her "top priority" to defeat the measure. On this, I think Pelosi's absolutely right and Kos is wrong. Yes, redistricting reform makes sense …
John / AMERICAblog:
The Normalization of Treason, the Republicans' gift to America — If a senior White House staffer had intentionally outed an American spy during World War II, he'd have been shot. — We're at war, George Bush keeps reminding us. We cannot continue with business as usual. A pre-9/11 mentality is deadly.
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Daily Kos
Rush Limbaugh / Opinion Journal:
Holding Court — There's a crackdown over Miers, not a "crackup." — I love being a conservative. We conservatives are proud of our philosophy. Unlike our liberal friends, who are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are in a perpetual state of reinvention …
Darren Freeman / Virginian-Pilot:
PETA workers face 25 felony counts in North Carolina — WINTON, N.C. — The cats and dogs two PETA employees have been charged with euthanizing and dumping in an Ahoskie garbage bin were killed by injections of pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly used to put down animals, according to new warrants issued and served on Friday.
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