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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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Time:
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 …
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.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Nit Picks And Quick Hits on Plame — My think piece is below, but there was some fun stuff in the reporting today that I wanted to mention. — (1) Flame On! Novak said that Plame's name was available in Who's Who, but he never said that was where he got it.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:MILLER AND FITZGERALD....Hold on a second. I've now read several …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Judith Miller's Account In Plame Leak Case …
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The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, David E's Fablog, James Wolcott and Tom Watson
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 …
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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 …
Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:In a Sunni Quarter, A Day of Emotion
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Informed Comment, Roger L. Simon, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, OxBlog and Sisyphean Musings
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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The Left Coaster
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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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Jim Romenesko / poynter.org:View Forum Post
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The Huffington Post, Sisyphean Musings, War and Piece, Loaded Mouth and Suburban Guerrilla
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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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 …
Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:
Does "Suicide Message" Close OU Bomber Case? — If it does, then we can expect to see the FBI and Joint Task Force on Terrorism leaving the case and the U.S. Department of Justice asking the federal court to unseal the search warrant authorities used to begin the investigation of Joel Henry Hinrichs Oct. 1 death.
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Gateway Pundit
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The Poor Man Institute:
Well, isn't that special? — The Good Lord knows that I hate me some Arnold Schwarzenegger. And the November 8th Special Election is bulls**t. The Alliance for a Better California has been doing good stuff on this, and the state Democratic Party has a bunch of fliers and the like for you to annoy your neighbors with.
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
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Lockergnome / Chris Pirillo:
Google: Kill Blogspot Already!!! — In the past few days, I've been inundated with an enormous amount of subscribed search spam for designated keywords. To the tune of hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of bunk entries. Who knew "lockergnome" and "pirillo" would be THAT popular?!
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 …
Times of London:
Al-Qaeda chief sets up UK network — THE head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has established a new terror network in Britain which is recruiting young Muslim fanatics to fight coalition troops. — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has recently set up the group to recruit and train would-be suicide bombers and gunmen, counter-terrorism officials have said.
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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