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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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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 …
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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Gateway Pundit
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Roger L. Simon / Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter:
The Zabar's Zeitgeist Resurrects Mao — If anyone wants to know what I mean by the "New Reactionaries," they should have a look at Nicholas D. Kristof's review of MAO, The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday in today's NYTBR. After paying some homage to the biography …
TBlumer / BizzyBlog.com:Nicholas Kristof and Mao: He Just, Can't, Let, Go
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The Conspiracy to Keep …
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 …
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Oblogatory Anecdotes
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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 Mahablog, Hullabaloo, The Washington Monthly, The Next Hurrah, Taegan Goddard's … and Daily Kos
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 …
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — Are White House Officials in Legal Jeopardy? ; Miller Testifies for Federal Shield Law for Reporters — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice-over): Indictment fever.
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Crooks and Liars
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Charles Fried / Boston Globe:
What Miers must show — OF COURSE, it is not necessary for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to have attended an elite law school to be qualified for a seat on the Supreme Court: Neither John Marshall Harlan nor his grandfather (famous for his eloquent dissent in the separate-but-equal decision) …
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
