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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 …
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Dealing With Fitzmas — Hey, did you hear how USNews is reporting on rumors that Cheney will be resigning? — And, did ya hear about John Hannah??? No, not that one. — And, hey, did you know RawStory is such a tease? And Judy is a whore? — And, did you know that we're just hours …
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rawstory.com:
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 …
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.
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:A New Tidbit on the Plame Affair
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Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
CIA Leak Prosecutor Focuses On Libby — As federal prosecutors in the CIA leak investigation reach the critical stage of deciding whether to bring criminal charges, they are zeroing in on contradictions between the testimony of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the chief of staff to Vice President Cheney …
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New York Times:
No Final Report Seen in Inquiry on C.I.A. Leak — WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 - The special counsel in the C.I.A. leak case has told associates he has no plans to issue a final report about the results of the investigation, heightening the expectation that he intends to bring indictments …
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Washington Post:
Miers Backed Abortion Ban in 1989 — Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers agreed in 1989 that she would "actively support" a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban abortion except when necessary to prevent the death of the mother. — Miers indicated her support for a …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:Nominee Backed Ban on Abortion in 1989 Campaign
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:Miers Backed Ban on Most Abortions in '89
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Chicago Sun Times:
N.Y. Times reporter could testify for suspect — Bridgeview used car salesman Muhammad Salah recalls being beaten, housed in a "refrigerator cell" and threatened with rape by Israeli soldiers until he admitted to bankrolling overseas terrorists, according to a new filing in U.S. District Court.
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Global Violence Has Decreased, U.N. Says — UNITED NATIONS - Armed conflicts have declined by 40 percent since the end of the Cold War primarily because the United Nations was finally able to launch peacekeeping and conflict-prevention operations around the world, according to a new study.
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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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Chris Kelly / The Immigration Blog:BUSH IMMIGRATION "REFORM" OFFENSIVE UNDER WAY
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Cathy Young / The Y Files:
The blogs that cried wolf? — In the past two weeks, some of the blogs have been astir with news of an alleged string of possible jihadist terrorist attacks (update: corrected link) on U.S. soil. The main story is that of 21-year-old Joel Hinrichs, the University of Oklahoma engineering student …
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Hotlineblog / Hotline On Call:
The F List — From today's Hotline: — Here's a list of folks who have either testified or have been interviewed by Patrick Fitzgerald (or by FBI agents) in connection with the Plame probe. Please send us omissions and additions and expansions. Anonymity is guaranteed.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Scores Are Killed by American Airstrikes in Sunni Insurgent Stronghold West of Baghdad — RAMADI, Iraq, Oct. 17 - American aircraft launched airstrikes against insurgents in this embattled city on Sunday, killing as many as 70 people, the military said Monday.
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Adam Bellow / National Review:
Dealing in Dynasties — According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, 54 percent of Americans think President Bush values party loyalty and personal friendship over competence. The poll was prompted — as if you didn't know — by Bush's habit of appointing friends and retainers to major jobs in his administration.
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Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
Experiencing Dachau — Today, I visited the Dachau concentration camp. It was an experience I'll never forget. — I'm not Jewish, and I haven't studied much of the history of the Holocaust. I have visited the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam, I've been to the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington DC …
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Illiberal Prosecution — Why Democrats should take no comfort in the Plame case. — As Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald mulls possible charges in the Valerie Plame investigation, the gloating in liberal enclaves like Manhattan, Oberlin, and Arianna's dining room has swelled to a roar.
David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:
Panel to Urge Bush to Consider 2 Alternative Tax Plans — WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 - President Bush's tax advisory commission agreed today to recommend two alternative tax plans, both of which would limit or eliminate almost all tax deductions, including the ones for state and local income and property taxes.
