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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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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.
Discussion: NewsHog and rubber hose
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Daniel / All The King's Horses:
Double Plus Ungood
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Postcards from the Ledge: Wake Up, Beldar!  We Have the Evidence That Miers Supported Affirmative Action  —  ["Postcards from the Ledge" is a semi-regular feature of this site, detailing revelations about Harriet Miers that have driven your gentle host out onto the window ledge.]
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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 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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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 …
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 …
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 …

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Observer:
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Richard Holbrooke / Washington Post:
'The System Worked'  —  Now we know for sure what we knew all along.
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