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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Miers Is Asked to Redo Reply to Questions — WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - The Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers suffered another setback on Wednesday when the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked her to resubmit parts of her judicial questionnaire …
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Washington Post:
Senators Assail Miers's Replies, Ask for Details — The top two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday complained about the written responses they received from Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers this week, and warned her to expect tough questions from Republicans and Democrats alike …
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Vulnerable Miers might not survive — President Bush's agents have convinced conservative Republican senators heartsick over his nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court that they must support her to save his presidency. But that does not guarantee her confirmation.
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David Stout / New York Times:Miers Hits Another Snag as Senators Fault Her Questionnaire
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Robert H. Bork / Opinion Journal:
Slouching Towards Miers — Bush shows himself to be indifferent, if not hostile, to conservative values. — With a single stroke—the nomination of Harriet Miers—the president has damaged the prospects for reform of a left-leaning and imperialistic Supreme Court, taken the heart …
Edward Alden / Financial Times:
Cheney 'cabal' hijacked foreign policy — Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker and more isolated in the world, the top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell claimed on Wednesday.
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Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson / Financial Times:
Transcript: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson — The following is a transcript of talk given by Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Mr Powell until last January. — Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson:The 1947 National Security Act. In other words, he thought it was a piece of legislation …
Washington Post:
Rove Told Jury Libby May Have Been His Source In Leak Case — Top Aides Talked Before Plame's Name Was Public — White House adviser Karl Rove told the grand jury in the CIA leak case that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, may have told …
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Krempasky / RedState.org:
The Coburn Amendment: A Hill to Die On — We're a little behind Glenn and Michelle - but conservatives have a Hill to Die On - the Coburn Amendment to the Transportation, Housing, & Urban Development appropriations bill (HR 3058) — Make NO mistake - the establishment Republicans are terrified of this bill.
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Army Examining an Account of Abuse of 2 Dead Taliban — WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - The Pentagon announced Wednesday night that the Army had started a criminal investigation into allegations that American soldiers in Afghanistan had burned the bodies of two dead Taliban fighters and then used …
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RealClearPolitics:
Myths About Gun Control — Guns are dangerous. But myths are dangerous, too. Myths about guns are very dangerous, because they lead to bad laws. And bad laws kill people. — "Don't tell me this bill will not make a difference," said President Clinton, who signed the Brady Bill into law.
MSNBC:
There's something big coming in this city (Chris Matthews) — Here's an excerpt of what he had to say: — It's serious business. — It all begins with a big fight between the CIA and the White House, especially the vice president's office. Scooter Libby, his chief of staff, is also his WMD expert.
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Fears over Guardian journalist — The father of Rory Carroll, the Guardian journalist kidnapped yesterday in Baghdad, last night expressed hope that the abduction would not turn into a prolonged affair. Joe Carroll, 70, a retired journalist, said from his home in Dublin: "We hope and pray he will be released."
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Michelle Malkin:
ABLE DANGER: WELDON GOES BALLISTIC — ***see updates for audio and blogger reax...PDF text of Weldon's full speech here...*** — Watching C-SPAN right now. Rep. Curt Weldon is on the House floor blasting the Defense Intelligence Agency and vigorously defending Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Journalists Testify in Favor of Shield Law — WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - Judith Miller, the reporter for The New York Times who spent 85 days in jail for refusing to identify a confidential source, warned Wednesday that unless Congress passed a national shield law to protect reporters and their sources …
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Stop The ACLU Radio — We've got a double treat for you today folks! Nedd Kareiva, founder of our parent site Stoptheaclu.org will be on the radio! But first we'll be having a live stream of Alan Sears, the president of the Alliance Defense Fund debating Barry Lynn of Americans United for the Seperation of Church and State.
Mike Musgrove / Washington Post:
Sleuths Crack Tracking Code Discovered in Color Printers — It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it isn't. The pages coming out of your color printer may contain hidden information that could be used to track you down if you ever cross the U.S. government.
