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Washington Post:
Inquiry as Exacting As Special Counsel Is — A Tough Investigation Is Also Praised as Nonpartisan — CHICAGO, Oct. 23 — Patrick J. Fitzgerald's final witness was behind bars, refusing to testify, and no one was budging. Hunting for room to maneuver, the special counsel talked with one side, then the other.
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Eschaton, firedoglake, Daily Kos, The Agonist, Needlenose, The Left Coaster and Crooks and Liars
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New York Times:
Republicans Testing Ways to Blunt Leak Charges — WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 - With a decision expected this week on possible indictments in the C.I.A. leak case, allies of the White House suggested Sunday that they intended to pursue a strategy of attacking any criminal charges as a disagreement …
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Lawyers see charges this week in CIA-leak case — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald appears to be laying the groundwork for indictments this week over the outing of a covert CIA operative, including possible charges of perjury and obstruction of justice …
New York Times:
Fitzgerald Is Expected to Decide Whether to Seek Indictments — WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 - After a 22-month inquiry, the special counsel in the C.I.A. leak case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, is expected to announce this week whether he will seek indictments against White House officials …
Steve Clemons:
Brent Scowcroft "Breaks Ranks" with George W. Bush in Major New Yorker Article — Jeffrey Goldberg has written a critique in The New Yorker of the Bush White House that equals Ron Suskind's devastating critique of Bush before the last election titled "Without a Doubt."
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The Moderate Voice, The Mahablog, The Next Hurrah, The Washington Monthly and Taegan Goddard's …
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
'Mao': The Real Mao — If Chairman Mao had been truly prescient, he would have located a little girl in Sichuan Province named Jung Chang and "mie jiuzu"- killed her and wiped out all her relatives to the ninth degree. — But instead that girl grew up, moved to Britain and has now written …
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California Conservative:
"Culture Of Corruption": Howard Dean And The DNC Talking Points — "I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing. We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America." — Howard Dean — "Dean calls for end to 'culture of corruption'," declares the headline today by the Portland Press Herald.
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Ian / The Political Teen:Howard Dean: Bush Basher and Hypocrite (VIDEO)
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Oblogatory Anecdotes
David Adesnik / OxBlog:
WHAT DEMOCRATS BELIEVE: Earlier this week I participated in a sort of focus group for Democratic activists designed to clarify the party's core beliefs. Not that I am a Democratic activist, but I took part because the participants in the focus group consisted specifically of moderate/DLC types committed …
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The Moderate Voice
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Matt / The Tattered Coat:
Another Military Blogger Silenced — Months ago, in response to a post I wrote about the military blogger Colby Buzzell, Kate of Broken Windows told me to pay attention to Daniel Goetz, a soldier writing a blog called All the King's Horses. — Regrettably, I never followed her advice.
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MSNBC:
Transcript for October 23 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, the war in Iraq, and the investigation into the CIA leak case. With us, three United States senators with very different views: Republican George Allen of Virginia …
Washington Post:
List of Foiled Plots Puzzling to Some — White House Document Mixes Half-Baked Plans With Serious Terrorist Threats — A White House list of 10 terrorist plots disrupted by the United States has confused counterterrorism experts and officials, who say they cannot distinguish between …
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The Huffington Post
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Judiciary Panel May Ask Dobson to Testify — Evangelical Leader Says He Has Been Privy to Miers's Views — The Senate Judiciary Committee is likely to summon a leading conservative Christian to explain the private assurances he says he received from the White House about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers …
Time:
Searching for Saviors in Strange Places — Could Ahmad Chalabi end up running Iraq? — You remember Ahmad Chalabi. He was once the Bush Administration's favorite Iraqi exile. His group, the Iraqi National Congress, provided all sorts of wondrous reports about Saddam Hussein's weapons …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
aawsat.com:
Over 10,000 Saudi Students US- Bound — By Omar El Okeily & Najah al Osaymi — Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- More than 10,000 Saudi students will travel to the US to attend university as part of a government-sponsored program following the adoption of new measures by the Ministry …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Letters Show Frist Notified Of Stocks in 'Blind' Trusts — Documents Contradict Comments on Holdings — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) was given considerable information about his stake in his family's hospital company, according to records that are at odds with his past statements …
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The Moderate Voice
Observer:
Just Say 'No' — They're the New Puritans. A generation of young, educated and opinionated people determined to sidestep the consumerist perils of modern life. So if you own a 4x4, spend all your time shopping, or are simply overweight - watch your back. Lucy Siegle meets the moral minority aiming to mend our ways
Washington Post:
Grim Map Details Toll In 9th Ward and Beyond — Katrina Proved Deadly in Every Section of New Orleans — NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22 — Nearly two months after Hurricane Katrina savaged this city, demographers have come to a chilling conclusion: No part of New Orleans was untouched by death.
