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Cheney may be target of probe — WASHINGTON - A special prosecutor's intensifying focus into who outed a CIA spy has raised questions whether Vice President Cheney himself is involved, knowledgeable sources confirmed yesterday. — At least one source and one reporter who have testified …
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Cheney aide cooperating with CIA outing probe, sources say — A senior aide to Vice President Dick Cheney is cooperating with special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, sources close to the investigation say. — Individuals familiar …
Paul Bedard / US News:
White House Watch: Cheney resignation rumors fly — Sparked by today's Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney's office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside …
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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Some Critics Still See Bugs — Yesterday was the scheduled release of Miers version 2.0, in which the White House would introduce a better-qualified Harriet Miers to the American public. But was it an upgrade? — President Bush, in the Oval Office with some Texas jurists who back Miers …
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Washington Post:Nominee Dismisses Speculation on Roe
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Miers 2.0: Same Bugs, Less Features
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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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TalkLeft:
Let's Make a Deal : The Legalese of PlameGate — Reuters is speculating that Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald may be offering putative defendants one last chance to make a deal in the Valerie Plame investigation. … It has to be a tempting offer for several of them.
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Richard W. Stevenson / New York Times:
In Sign of Conservative Split, a Commentator Is Dismissed — WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 - In the latest sign of the deepening split among conservatives over how far to go in challenging President Bush, Bruce Bartlett, a Republican commentator who has been increasingly critical of the White House …
BREITBART.COM:
US security chief strives to expel all illegal immigrants — Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department aims without exception to expel all those who enter the United States illegally. — "Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the 'catch …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Court Nominee Backed Anti-Abortion Amendment in 1989 — WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 - President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, Harriet E. Miers, pledged support in 1989 for a constitutional amendment that would ban abortions except when necessary to save the life of the woman.
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Anbar Campaign - A Flash Presentation — By Steve Schippert, Marvin Hutchens and Bill Roggio — The Coalition must execute political, economic and military solutions to defeat the insurgency and establish a democratic nation in Iraq. The creation of democratic institutions …
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Will / Attytood:
Another case of Miller: The oil-for-food years — It's hard to sift through and pull out the most damning detail in the murky floodwaters that were released when the 43rd Street levee finally burst this Sunday. Is it Judy Miller's claim she doesn't remember who told her about CIA agent …
Harriet Ellan Miers / Washington Post:
Miers's Responses to Senate Judiciary Committee Questions — UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NOMINEE FOR THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GENERAL (PUBLIC) — 1. Name: Full name (include any former names used). — 2. Position: State the position for which you have been nominated.
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Miers: Faithful to Whom? — One of the things that commends Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court is her religion. So said President Bush, who has made no bones about his own religion and its importance in his life. But if, as he said, "part of Harriet Miers's life is her religion" …
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Chomsky named top intellectual: British poll — Noam Chomsky, the American linguistics expert and US foreign policy critic, was named the world's top public intellectual, according to a new British magazine poll released. — Best known for his loud and consistent criticism of the Vietnam War …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
'Rule of Law'? That's So '90s — We are on the verge of an extraordinary moment in American politics. The people running our government are about to face their day — or days — in court. — Those who thought investigations were a wonderful thing when Bill Clinton was president …
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