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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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Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:
New Disclosure Could Prolong Inquiry on Leak — WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - The disclosure that a current or former Bush administration official told Bob Woodward of The Washington Post more than two years ago that the wife of a prominent administration critic worked for the C.I.A. threatened Wednesday …
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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.
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Woodward Could Be a Boon to Libby — The revelation that The Washington Post's Bob Woodward may have been the first reporter to learn about CIA operative Valerie Plame could provide a boost to the only person indicted in the leak case: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
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.
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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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 …
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La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Open Source Media: Start Spreading the News — Scroll down for updates! — 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!
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:Liveblogging the Pajamas Media launch festivities from the W Hotel in New York, 1
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Waltisfrozen / The Talent Show:Vaporware — Pajamas Media has launched under a new moniker …
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Drudge Report:
CHENEY FIGHTS BACK — Excerpts As Prepared For Delivery Tonight by Vice President Cheney — THE VICE PRESIDENT: "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 …
Atlas Shrugs:
THE LAST SUPPER FOR PAJAMA MEDIA — Not alot of time to post (on not alot of sleep) but for those followers of Pajama Media, here are some snaps of the first (and last supper) at a chi chi little boite in the Big Apple last night. All of the Masters of the Blog Universe were present …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Presses Administration for Iraq Plans — WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 - The Senate voted on Tuesday to press the Bush administration to provide more public information about the course of the war in Iraq as lawmakers of both parties made it clear they wanted chief responsibility for securing …
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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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Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
Where the WMDs Went — Frontpage Interview's guest today is Bill Tierney, a former military intelligence officer and Arabic speaker who worked at Guantanamo Bay in 2002 and as a counter-infiltration operator in Baghdad in 2004. He was also an inspector (1996-1998) for the United Nations Special Commission …
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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.
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?
