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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Woodward Apologizes to Post for Withholding Knowledge of Plame — Bob Woodward apologized today to The Washington Post's executive editor for failing to tell him for more than two years that a senior Bush administration official had told him about CIA operative Valerie Plame …
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Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Pincus: Woodward 'Asked Me to Keep Him Out' of Plame Reporting — NEW YORK Walter Pincus, the longtime Washington Post reporter and one of several journalists who testified in the Valerie Plame case, said he believed as far back as 2003 that Bob Woodward had some involvement in the case …
rawstory.com:
National Security Adviser was Woodward's source, attorneys say — National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley was the senior administration official who told Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward that Valerie Plame Wilson was a CIA officer, attorneys close to the investigation and intelligence officials tell RAW STORY.
TalkLeft:
Bob Woodward Deposed by Fitzgerald — The Washington Post reports that reporter Bob Woodward was deposed by Patrick Fitzgerald on Monday for two hours. The big news is that Woodward was told by a "senior Administration official" about Joseph Wilson's wife working for the CIA as an analyst …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
"Will Mr. Fitzgerald Now Say He Was Wrong?" — Bob Woodward tosses a spanner into the Plame leak chronology developed by Special Counsel Fitzgerald: … As noted by Libby's counsel, that does not jibe well with the assertion made by Mr. Fitzgerald at his press conference that "In fact …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Woodward: From Watergate Hero to Plamegate Goat — Bob Woodward. What a career arc. From exposing a presidential cover-up in Watergate to covering up his role in Plamegate. And being forced to apologize to his own paper. And asking a colleague, Walter Pincus, not to mention Woodward's role in the story.
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Open Source Media: Start Spreading the News — I'll update this post with news and views (and photos) on Open Source Media later today. In the meantime, check out funnyman Scrappleface (blogging on WordPress now). — Live-blogging the launch! — Update (10:07 a.m.): I'm sitting in the Rainbow Room at 30 Rock with...bloggers!
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Instapundit.com, Krempasky.com, Atlas Shrugs, Ed Driscoll.com, L.A. Observed, Peaktalk and baldilocks
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Taking the pajamas off — Now I'm even more confused about [Pajamas] Open Source Media. I just tuned in from Munich to their Rockefeller Center event and they're into a panel about fashion. The first person says she doesn't blog and thinks blogging is absurd and never reads them and is liberal …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Taking off the Pajamas: now, what do you see? — Kevin Alwyrd is present at the revelation of Open Source Media, the erstwhile Pajamas Media, and he's a little distracted (by one of the speakers), but he "still [doesn't] completely get it." He links to Mike Krempasky ("It's a pretty flashy event …
realclearpolitics.com:
Text of Remarks By Vice President Dick Cheney (As prepared for delivery) — "As most of you know, I have spent a lot of years in public service, and first came to work in Washington, D.C. back in the late 1960s. I know what it's like to operate in a highly charged political environment …
CNN:
ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES — Severe Weather Pounds U.S.; New Allegations of Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Legitimate? ; Bodies of Hurricane Katrina Victims Still Being Found in New Orleans — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
AARP's America Is a Mirage — Sincerely, William D. Novelli, Executive Director — Among AARP's 36 million members, there must be many decent people who benefit from the 5 to 50 percent discounts offered on car rentals, hotel rooms and airline tickets. But I won't be joining, because AARP has become America's most dangerous lobby.
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Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:With Medicaid, Democrats Shirk Chance for Real Progress
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Cheney Joins GOP Criticism of Democrats — WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday added his voice to the chorus of Republican criticism of Democrats who contend the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence on Iraq. — That accusation, he said, "one of the most dishonest …
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Andrew Roth / The Club For Growth:
The 'Bridge to Nowhere' Is No More! — CNBC's Squawk Box is reporting that the "Bridget to Nowhere" has been officially defunded. However, this can only be seen as a small victory. The millions of dollars allocated for this pork project will go to the Alaska state government for them to spend …
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Sour Duck:
The Carnival of Feminists, Issue 3 — Welcome to The Carnival of Feminists! — Issue 3 is split into two sections: "1970s into 2000" and the "Editor's Feminist Cafeteria." — And I hope you're sitting comfortably, because it is a whopper! — First, though: why feminism?
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
U.S. Has Detained 83,000 in War on Terror — The United States has detained more than 83,000 foreigners in the four years of the war on terror, enough to nearly fill the NFL's largest stadium. The administration defends the practice of holding detainees in prisons from Afghanistan …
Dan Savage / New York Times:
Can I Get a Little Privacy? — WILL Estelle Griswold ever be able to rest in peace? Although she died in 1981, the poor woman gets kicked up and down the block whenever someone is nominated to a seat on the United States Supreme Court. But few people remember who Griswold was or what she did.
