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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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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.
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Cheney Says Senate War Critics Make 'Reprehensible Charges' — WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - Vice President Dick Cheney joined the White House attack on critics of the Iraq war Wednesday night when he told a conservative group that senators who had suggested that the Bush administration manipulated …
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James Glanz / New York Times:
American Faces Charge of Graft for Work in Iraq — In what is expected to be the first of a series of criminal charges against officials and contractors overseeing the rebuilding of Iraq, an American has been charged with paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks …
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Louis Freeh / Opinion Journal:
An Incomplete Investigation — Why did the 9/11 Commission ignore "Able Danger"? — It was interesting to hear from the 9/11 Commission again on Tuesday. This self-perpetuating and privately funded group of lobbyists and lawyers has recently opined on hurricanes, nuclear weapons …
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
General Decries Call For Timetable in Iraq — Senate Call a 'Disaster,' Commander Says — BAGHDAD, Nov. 16 — A top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday denounced calls by some U.S. senators and others to set a deadline for a troop withdrawal, calling it "a recipe for disaster" for the 2 1/2 -year-old war.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bush's Approval Rating Falls Again, Poll Shows — President Bush's positive job rating continues to fall, touching another new low for his presidency, the latest Harris Interactive poll finds. — Bush's current job approval rating stands at 34%, compared with a positive rating of 88% soon after 9/11 …
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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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Congress Arrives at A Deal on Patriot Act — Limits Would Spare Some Controversial Government Powers — House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on revisions to the USA Patriot Act that would limit some of the government's powers while requiring the Justice Department …
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Guardian:
A new wave of political bloggers is challenging Britain's old media pundits. But who are they, and which ones matter? Oliver Burkeman reports — In the days after September 11 2001, a Londoner in his 30s who prefers to be known only as David T made two grim discoveries.
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The Daily Ablution, Europhobia, Harry's Place, normblog, Samizdata.net, Natalie Solent, Tim Worstall and The Washington Monthly
Brendan / Open Source:
"Open Source Media": In Case You're Confused, — In May we named our show "Open Source" and we named our non-profit production company "Open Source Media." In fact, this used to be our URL until we decide to scrap the "net" and look for an "org." But here's the actual legal-type description of what we are:
White House:
Vice President's Remarks at the Frontiers of Freedom Institute 2005 Ronald Reagan Gala — Thank you very much, and good evening to all of you. I heard about your gathering, and since I work down the street from here I thought I'd drop in and say hello. — Let me thank the good people …
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The Carpetbagger Report, Blogs for Bush, Brendan Nyhan, The Sundries Shack and Silent Running
Knight Ridder:
In challenging war's critics, administration tinkers with truth — WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney turned up the White House rhetoric Wednesday in attacking critics of the Iraq war, accusing some unnamed lawmakers of lacking "backbone." — Cheney's rough-edged remarks were the latest …
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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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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Right Wing Nut House, G e n e r a t i o n W h y ?, PoliPundit.com, Wizbang and Michelle Malkin
moxie:
open media sores of indeterminate origins — Many years ago, I ghost wrote a segment for The Chris Rock show mocking the dot-com boom. The tape is lost in the mess here...but from what I recall a guy working out of his mother's garage had an idea for a business.
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BREITBART.COM:
US senators demand oil execs re-testify, under oath — Senate Democrats demanded that oil company executives who testified last week about skyrocketing energy prices reappear before lawmakers and testify under oath, after news reports raised questions about the truthfulness of their testimony.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Criticism of Voting Law Was Overruled — Justice Dept. Backed Georgia Measure Despite Fears of Discrimination — A team of Justice Department lawyers and analysts who reviewed a Georgia voter-identification law recommended rejecting it because it was likely to discriminate against black voters …
Katie Newmark / Tech Central Station:
Good News out of New Orleans — In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many have blamed the New Orleans government for the city's poor preparedness — and rightly so. But let's also give credit where credit is due: the city government is making good decisions about restoring New Orleans public schools.
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