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Washington Post:
Cheney's Office Is A Focus in Leak Case — As the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name hurtles to an apparent conclusion, special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has zeroed in on the role of Vice President Cheney's office, according to lawyers familiar with the case and government officials.
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rawstory.com:
New York Daily News source believes senior White House official has flipped in leak case — RAW STORY — The case of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame is set to explode. — The New York Daily News is set to report in Tuesday editions that a well-placed source interviewed by the newspaper believes …
Associated Press:
Inaccurate Info May Help CIA Leak Probe — WASHINGTON - Information attributed to Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff in New York Times reporter Judith Miller's interview notes is incorrect, offering prosecutors a potential lead to tracking the bad information to its original source.
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Key CIA leak detail disputed as announcement nears — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff may have given New York Times reporter Judith Miller inaccurate information about where the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson worked at the CIA, a former intelligence official said on Monday.
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firedoglake
ReddHedd / firedoglake:The Gathering Storm — Have been waiting for an excuse to use …
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Sisyphean Musings
New York Times:
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90% — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - Iraqi election officials said Monday that they were investigating "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, where as many as 99 percent of the voters were reported to have cast ballots in favor of Iraq's new constitution.
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Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Iraqis Probe 'Unusually High' Yes Tally — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's election commission announced Monday that officials were investigating "unusually high" numbers of "yes" votes in about a dozen provinces during Iraq's landmark referendum on a new constitution, raising questions about irregularities in the balloting.
Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Specter rescinds comments on Miers — WASHINGTON — After meeting with Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter yesterday said she told him that she believes there is a right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution, an underpinning of a woman's right …
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Karl Rove's Garage Proves to Be Typical — He is "the architect" who steered George W. Bush to victory four times, twice as Texas governor and twice as president. — But can Karl Rove organize his own garage? Can the master of Bush's political planning figure out where to put the ladders, paint cans and cardboard boxes?
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Don Surber, PunditGuy, euphoricreality.net, The Anchoress, Betsy's Page, Mark My Words, Real Teen and The Moderate Voice
USA Today:
Bush approval hits 39%, lowest of his presidency — WASHINGTON — Beset by political and economic troubles at home and a difficult war in Iraq, President Bush's job approval rating has slipped to 39%, the lowest measure of his presidency, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll.
Bryce G. Hoffman / Detroit News:
Jobs bank programs — 12,000 paid not to work — Big 3 and suppliers pay billions to keep downsized UAW members on payroll in decades-long deal. — WAYNE — Ken Pool is making good money. On weekdays, he shows up at 7 a.m. at Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, signs in …
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Modulator
Los Angeles Times:
Their views, their dues — IN 1998, THIS PAGE OPPOSED Proposition 226, the so-called paycheck-protection measure that sought to bar labor unions from spending a member's dues for political activities in the absence of that member's consent. We considered that initiative a disingenuous …
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Ezra Klein
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Time to Bring Down the Gavel on Lifetime Tenure for Justices? — Nowhere in the oath of office taken by Supreme Court justices does the phrase "until death do us part" appear. — It just seems that way. — Justices today, on average, remain on the high court longer and retire at a more advanced age than ever before.
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Donklephant, Bradford Plumer, The Washington Monthly, Begging to Differ, Stop The ACLU and The Reaction
Dennis Coyle / National Review:
Dubya Closes a Door? — "The horror, the horror," seems to sum up the reaction of many conservatives to the nomination of Harriet Miers to serve on the Supreme Court. One can almost hear the ominous organ of Doors's keyboardist Ray Manzarek in the background, as Jim Morrison intones, "This is the end."
Kate / epiphanies?:
Blame Canada! — Last week a little post of mine on frustration with US health care made some noise here and here. I have to admit I was taken by suprise that my bitching got so much attention. — Much of that attention demanded that I give proof for my accusations!
