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David Johnston / New York Times:
Cover-Up Issue Is Seen as Focus in Leak Inquiry — WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 - As he weighs whether to bring criminal charges in the C.I.A. leak case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel, is focusing on whether Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, and I. Lewis Libby Jr. …
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Washington Post:
A Palpable Silence at the White House — At 7:30 each morning, President Bush's senior staff gathers to discuss the important issues of the day — Middle East peace, the Harriet Miers nomination, the latest hurricane bearing down on the coast. Everything, that is, except the issue on everyone's mind.
Associated Press:
U.N.: Syria, Lebanon Involved in Slaying — UNITED NATIONS - Top Syrian intelligence officials approved the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and their Lebanese counterparts helped organize it, according to a U.N. probe that officially linked Damascus to the slaying for the first time.
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U.N. Report Sees Syrian Involvement in Hariri's Death — A U.N. investigation has implicated senior Syrian and Lebanese officials in the assassination of Lebanon's leading reformer in a move that U.S. and European officials expect will generate new international pressure on the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad.
Warren Hoge / New York Times:Syria Involved in Killing Lebanon's Ex-Premier, U.N. Report Says
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Miers: The Only Exit Strategy — It's no secret that I think the Harriet Miers nomination was a mistake. Nonetheless, when asked how she will do in her confirmation hearings, my answer is, I hope she does well. I have no desire to see her humiliated. Nor would I take any joy in seeing her rejected …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Final Act Of Miers Nomination Begins — CQ reader Tom Holsinger notes a key development in the Harriet Miers nomination to the Supreme Court, one that probably will signal a merciful end to the conservative split over the controversial selection. Two key Republican Senators …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
DeLay Smile May Foil Democrat Campaign Ads — WASHINGTON — Why is Tom DeLay smiling? After all, he's been indicted. Forced out of his job as House majority leader. And called into court for fingerprinting and a mugshot like a common criminal. — Answer: A photo of DeLay grinning …
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Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D. / Heritage Foundation:
The Bridge to Nowhere: A National Embarrassment — Today, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) will offer an amendment to the Senate's appropriation bill to transfer the $223 million that Congress had previously approved for a bridge in Ketchikan, Alaska, to fund reconstruction of a hurricane-damaged bridge in Louisiana.
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Jim Abrams / Associated Press:Senate Comes to Halt in Battle of Bridges
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Daily Kos:Coburn Amendment, on the floor
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Kevin Aylward / Wizbang:A BRIDGE TOO FAR
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Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Secret Service Records Prompted Key Miller Testimony — New York Times reporter Judith Miller told the federal grand jury in the CIA leak case that she might have met with I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby on June 23, 2003 only after prosecutors showed her Secret Service logs that indicated she and Libby …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
After the Home Run, a White House Balk? — Handling of Miers Nomination Cannot Stand Up to Ease of Roberts Approval — Two months after engineering a nearly flawless confirmation process for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the Bush administration's bid to add Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court …
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Kieran Healy / Crooked Timber:
Ye Ladies of Easy Leisure — So by now everyone and his same-sex partner knows that Maggie Gallagher's stint at Volokh is one long struggle between her strong argument that marriage has many benefits and her handwaving about gay people bringing down the Roman Empire.
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Jon Sanders / johnlocke.org:
*Former* NC State visiting prof Kamau Kambon DID call for the extermination of white people — Go to C-SPAN online, click on the recent archives and scroll down till you find "Black Media Forum on Image of Black Americans in Mainstream Media" (Oct. 14 at Howard University).
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Lotto Trouble — The Miers nomination pits a Swift Boat author against a Bush National Guard detractor—in reverse. — The politics of the Harriet Miers nomination are getting stranger as attention turns toward Ms. Miers's tenure as head of the Texas Lottery Commission.
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New York Times:
Winter Is the Enemy for Quake's Homeless Millions — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 20 - United Nations and private aid workers said Thursday that the pressing need to shelter up to three million Pakistani earthquake survivors before the harsh Himalayan winter sets in was threatening to become …
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John W. Dean / FindLaw's Writ:
Waiting For The Valerie Plame Wilson Grand Jury: The Big Question Is Whether Dick Cheney Was a Target — Washington is truly abuzz with rumors about what Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald may, or may not do, as his grand jury comes to the close of its almost two-year investigation of the leak …
Crooks and Liars:
Exclusive John Amato interviews Lawrence O'Donnell — Exclusive: John Amato interviews Lawrence O'Donnell — Mr. O'Donnell was the first person to say that Karl Rove was Matt Cooper's source and he was kind enough to come on the blog to do an interview. He was very revealing to C&L …
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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
The timeless art of flattery — Harriet Miers. Eddie Haskell. Your co-workers. They've all indulged in currying favor with higher-ups. But the payoff isn't always clear — unless you live in Los Angeles or Washington, where there seems to be no such thing as inappropriate fawning.
