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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
'Official A' Stands Out in Indictment — WASHINGTON — In a sign of the trouble lingering for the Bush administration, the indictment handed up Friday in the CIA leak probe refers to someone at the White House known as "Official A." — The unidentified official could become a courtroom witness …
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Byron York / The Corner on National Review Online:
THE WORD ON LIBBY — AND THE BIG PICTURE — A number of observations tonight from people who know and follow the CIA leak case: — The first is that they view the indictment against Lewis Libby as very strong. One source called it "as clear-cut an indictment" as one would ever see …
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
At Milestone in Inquiry, Rove, and the G.O.P., Breathe a Bit Easier — WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 - After months of uncertainty and four grand jury appearances, Karl Rove escaped the worst possible outcome on Friday, and a collective sigh of relief swept the Bush administration and the Republican Party.
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ReddHedd / firedoglake:Initial Strike — Fitz gave a great opener in his press conference today.
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Michael Ledeen / The Corner on National Review Online:
A STRAIN — I think the indictment stinks. You have to parse it very carefully to figure out whether Libby is accused of lying to the grand jury or the FBI, or to journalists. Go look. I finally concluded that it says that Libby lied to the grand jury (and elsewhere the FBI) …
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New York Times:
Novel Strategy Pits Journalists Against Source — In pressing his indictment of I. Lewis Libby Jr., the special prosecutor is pitting three prominent journalists against their former source, a strategy that experts in law and journalism say has rarely been used or tested.
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Obstruction for What? — Libby is charged with lying about a crime that wasn't committed. — Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation took nearly two years, sent a reporter to jail, cost millions of dollars, and preoccupied some of the White House's senior officials.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:Libby's Indictment does not depend upon the recollection of reporters
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The Corner on National Review Online:
THE INDICTMENT DOES NOT ALLEGE ALL COVER-UP AND NO CRIME — There are several crimes laid out in the espionage act, but the one that applies most closely on these facts requires the government to prove that a person (a) obtained classified information lawfully (e.g., in his official capacity) …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:WAS EXPOSING VALERIE PLAME A CRIME?....Was Scooter Libby guilty …
Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:WHAT SMEAR? — Some observations from the wrenching experience …
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Don Surber:
Halloween Trackback Party — Hey, it was emailed to me. If you can think of a good caption, put it in comments. — Time to kick back and relax with a Halloween Trackback Party. You link me, I check trackbacks and I link you. Links can be on anything. Offer void after noon on Sunday.
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Washington Post:
A New Moment of Truth For a White House in Crisis — With yesterday's indictment of Vice President Cheney's top aide, President Bush's administration has become a textbook example of what can go wrong in a second term. Along with ineffectiveness, overreaching, intraparty rebellion …
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rawstory.com:
Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff Libby indicted — Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been indicted for five counts by the federal grand jury investigating the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame for perjury, obstruction of justice …
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Washington Post:
No More Special Counsels — Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby should be the final proof that the system of "special prosecutors" is bankrupt and ought to be abandoned. — Fitzgerald, a highly respected federal prosecutor from Chicago …
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Rick Esenberg / JSOnline:
Sykes would be an excellent Supreme Court justice — Like many members of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and fellow travelers of the Federalist Society, I welcomed the collapse of Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court. — She was neither unaccomplished nor unintelligent.
New York Times:
Next Nominee May Well Spark a Climactic Battle — WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 - When Harriet E. Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court, she may have taken with it the last chance to avoid a climactic confrontation over who will succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is retiring.
Thomas Wagner / Associated Press:
GI Kills Suicide Bomber Who Attacked Hotel — BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier shot and killed one of three suicide bombers who attacked the Palestine Hotel complex before he could reach his intended target and that probably saved lives in the building, the military said Saturday.
