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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
President Poised to Pick Court Nominee — Allies on Right Are Consulted on Conservative Judges — President Bush appears poised to announce a new Supreme Court nomination today, moving quickly after a weekend of consultations to put forward a replacement for the ill-fated choice …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Parties Set Stage for Showdown on Court Choice — WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 - With the announcement of a new Supreme Court nominee expected as early as Monday, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, warned President Bush on Sunday not to pick one of the candidates …
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CNN:
Officials: Bush to nominate Alito to high court — Miers helps finalize choice to replace her as Supreme Court pick — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush will nominate 3rd Circuit Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court, sources told CNN on Monday.
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Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Bush to Nominate Alito to Supreme Court — WASHINGTON - President Bush, stung by the rejection of his first choice, will nominate Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, selecting a conservative federal judge to replace retiring Justice — " /> Sandra Day O'Connor, a moderate.
Don Surber:
How Harriet Miers Saved The President — The sun was bright, the sky clear and the leaves were turning the color of Maureen Dowd's hair. I imagine the president was tickled as he made his morning run at Camp David. His Lee Atwater had just been cleared after an exhaustive federal investigation.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
THE BIG LOSER in the Libby affair, it would seem to me, is the CIA. At least it will be if anyone pays attention. — Consider: Assuming that Valerie Plame was some sort of genuinely covert operative — something that's not actually quite clear from the indictment — the chain …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Myth Of Dragging Wilson's Wife Into The Niger Case — Earlier today, I listened to "Late Edition" on CNN and heard Wolf Blitzer interviewing Gary Bauer about the Plame case. Normally that would cause me to either fall asleep from apathy or change the channel to something more interesting …
Dan / Riehl World View:
Who's Minding The CIA? — I clicked on Instapundit this evening and see that he addressed a topic that's been very much on my mind since hearing reference to the CIA on Mark Levin's radio show on Friday. I too am very troubled when thinking about the CIA's role in the entire Plame affair …
Jason / G e n e r a t i o n W h y ?:
So Much for that "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" Stuff — Funny how quick liberals are to toss out Constitutional rights when they belong to Conservatives. Not only are they calling for the heads of Tom Delay and Scooter Libby, both of whom have not even had their day in court yet …
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nationaljournal.com:
Addington's Role In Cheney's Office Draws Fresh Attention — On the morning of July 8, 2003, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, then-chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, had a two-hour meeting with New York Times reporter Judith Miller at which Libby gave information to Miller in an attempt …
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Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:
THE JOURNALIST — WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 - On any given Sunday, the cream of Washington officialdom presents itself for confession before Tim Russert, a big, bluff lawyer-turned-journalist who may be the capital's most intimidating interlocutor outside a courtroom or Congress.
Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:
The Conspiracy to Out Joe Wilson — In my previous post, I pointed you to a little tidbit at Josh Marshall's. The Barton Gellman article I mentioned this morning has been edited to remove the following italicized bit: … Apparently, someone doesn't want us to know that Dick Cheney …
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Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
The Price of Loyalty — The consequences of a bias for loyalty over debate have been devastating. Issues don't get aired; downside risks remain unassessed. — Nov. 7, 2005 issue - The posthumous Purple Heart rested near the folded American flag on the modest dining-room table of his parents' home in Cleveland.
MSNBC:
Meet the Press transcript for Oct. 30 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The special counsel for the CIA leak investigation, Patrick Fitzgerald, makes this announcement. — (Videotape): — MR. PATRICK FITZGERALD: A few hours ago, federal grand jury, sitting in the District of Columbia …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Doubts Cast on Vietnam Incident, but Secret Study Stays Classified — WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 - The National Security Agency has kept secret since 2001 a finding by an agency historian that during the Tonkin Gulf episode, which helped precipitate the Vietnam War, N.S.A. officers deliberately …
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The Blogging of the President
John F. Burns / New York Times:
The Real Sunnis: Please Stand Up — BAGHDAD, Iraq — For those exhausted by Iraq's relentless violence and sectarianism, there are few tonics like a conversation with Adnan Pachachi. At 82, Mr. Pachachi is an Iraqi patrician who began his diplomatic career in Washington on the day in April 1945 …
